[SaneVax: Doctors in India appear to have many questions about HPV vaccine safety, efficacy and need. The lack of official government response to their questions has apparently led to a free-for-all situation with some refusing to administer Gardasil or Cervarix and others telling their patients it is mandatory.] Docs advise caution on cancer vaccine By Prithvijit […]
Is HPV Vaccination Justified in Your Country?
[SaneVax: Is cervical cancer a substantial threat in your country? Do you have access to good OB/GYN care? Does HPV truly cause cancer, or is it simply a contributing factor? Does your lifestyle increase your potential risk of cervical cancer? Is there a chance you have been previously exposed to vaccine-relevant strains of HPV? Are […]
Do cervical cancer data justify HPV vaccination in India? Epidemiological data sources and comprehensiveness
Published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine; June 2012 105:229 Authors: I Mattheij,1 AM Pollock,2 P Brhlikova3 Summary The Indian government suspended research in April 2010 on the feasibility and safety of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in two Indian states (Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat) amid public concerns about its safety. This paper describes cervical cancer […]
Path’s HPV Trials in India: Troubling Questions
[SaneVax: The questions Professor Allyson Pollock discusses with Newsclick regarding the Path sponsored Human Pappilomavirus Vaccine trials in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh are the same questions every government in the world should be asking. She brings up many troubling issues raised by such trials, not just the more controversial one surrounding the lack of informed consent. […]
Paralytic polio returns to dent India’s pride
As posted in the Deccan Herald Paralytic polio – derived from oral polio vaccine (OPV) — used for vaccinating millions of children — has struck India to cripple a child in West Bengal within a week of the World Health Organisation (WHO) declaring the country free from the wild polio virus. A case of vaccine […]
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