By: Ashok Kumar, Indian Express 24 September 2010 New Delhi: A survey, recently conducted by the American Cancer Society (ACS) in five municipal wards of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), found that a startling 90 per cent of the women are completely ignorant or have alarmingly little knowledge of cervical cancer, a disease that is […]
More Infant Deaths Linked with Vaccines
By: Shailvee Sharda, The Times of India 17 September 2010 LUCKNOW: Death of infants in Ghaziabad and that of a newborn in Ghazipur district kept the health department officials on their toes on Thursday. All three deaths were linked with vaccination. While a newborn died within 24 hours of receiving BCG shot in Ghazipur, twin-sisters […]
Two More Kids Die After Vaccination
As reported in the “Hindustan Times” 25 August 2010 While the officials were mulling over what may have caused the death of four kids during immunisation in Lucknow, the vaccination drive continued in other parts of the state and two more infants died after being vaccinated in Allahabad and Fatehpur. Though use of BCG vaccine […]
Four Children Die in Lucknow After Being Administered Measles Vaccine
As reported on TwoCircles.net 21 August 2010 Lucknow: Four children died in Mohanlalganj area of Lucknow soon after being administered measles vaccine followed by drops of Vitamin A solution on Saturday. The vaccination was being done in an immunisation camp organised at an anganwadi centre under Nigoha Primary Health Centre (PHC) by the health department. Furious […]
HPV vaccinations in India: Moral and ethical questions raised by health advocacy groups
By: Norma Erickson, Vaccines Examiner 08 April 2010 Yesterday, V.M. Katoch, Director-General of the Indian Council of Medical Research, called a halt to an HPV vaccination ‘project’ being conducted in two rural Indian states, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat. This ‘project’ was conducted by PATH International, in collaboration with the ICMR and the two respective state […]
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