VIENTIANE, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 14 February 2011– As morning broke in the province of Bollikhamxay, health workers made final preparations for a mass immunization drive targeting women and children from surrounding villages. Tucked into the rolling mountainous landscape of Laos, Bollikhamxay is one of many provinces that recently conducted the third round of a […]
22m children immunised
Bangladesh News Online Dhaka, Feb 12 (bdnews24.com) – An estimated 22 million under-five children have been vaccinated against polio. As many as 18 million children, between two and five years of age, were also given one de-worming tablet each under the second round of the 19th National Immunisation Day on Saturday. Expanded Programme of Immunisation […]
Ma urges public to get flu shots
By Mo Yan-chin, staff reporter President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday promoted the efficacy of flu shots against a seasonal flu outbreak and instructed the Cabinet to step up its efforts to encourage the public to get vaccinated against influenza because the outbreak of seasonal flu and A(H1N1) remained strong. In a video clip posted on […]
Running backwards in polio eradication race
By Sehrish Wasif ISLAMABAD: Three-year old Aamira Aamir, a resident of Tandu Allahyar District, was diagnosed with polio on Wednesday by the National Institute of Health (NIH). This is the first case of polio reported in 2011 from Sindh, and takes the total number of polio cases reported in 2011 to four, including two from Federally […]
Viet-American Cervical Cancer Prevention Project
Note from SaneVax: This article goes on to state there is a significant possibility HPV vaccines will prove ineffective in the future. Vietnam has chosen pap screening over HPV vaccines because, as the article states, “In matters pertaining to life and death, it is imperative to choose the sure thing and, by definition, it is dangerous to choose otherwise.”
It is unfortunate our own FDA and CDC do not feel the same way.
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