Indian Doctors Protest WHO-Medical Industry Nexus.

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DRUG ACTION FORUM – KARNATAKA,57, Tejaswinagar, Dharwad 580002, Karnataka, India.Fax & telephone +91 (0)836 2461722, Mobile +91 (0)9448862270Email; - drugactionforumkarnataka, Web; - www.daf-k.cjb.net---------- Drug Action Forum – Karnataka is part of Janarogya Andolan Karnataka (a state unit of People’s Health Movement – India http://phm-india.org/), member of AIDAN (All India Drug Action Network http://aidanindia.org/) and HAIAP (Health Action International Asia Pacific www.haiap..org).

Drug Action Forum – Karnataka is a registered, not for profit and independent organisation campaigning for Rational use Drugs and Vaccines.

2nd September 2008 OPEN LETTER TO DG FROM DAF-K To, Director-General, World Health Organization Avenue Appia 20 1211 Geneva 27,Switzerland,Fax number +41 22 7913131 Dear Madame,

Drug Action Forum – Karnataka (DAF-K), from India would like to bring to your notice facts which are really alarming and indicate the strong influence that profit making vaccine companies have on the esteemed WHO. These unhealthy nexus between WHO and the vaccine industry, we fear will have far reaching negative influence on the lives of millions of children all over the world. With these major concerns we lay down before you facts which are as follows: It has come to the notice of DAF-K members that the WHO Bulletin1 dated 1st September 2008 brings out some startling facts. According to the authors from the WHO, the pneumococcal vaccine that is being promoted by WHO globally2 and in India3 as well does not reduce clinical pneumonia. It reduces a rare type of pneumonia - so rare that 1,000 children need to be vaccinated to prevent four cases of the pneumonia! Still more alarming is the revelation that for every four children in whom pneumonia is prevented, two children develop asthma because of the vaccine. Pneumonia is a mild infection treated with Septran at less than $1 per child, according to the WHO protocol. Asthma on the other hand is often permanent and needs repeated inhaled

treatment with bronco-dilators and steroids. Asthma is a condition much worse than the one-off pneumonia which is easily treated and cured. We anticipate that with this revelation, parents of children, from all over the globe, are going to ask embarrassing questions. So we expect the vaccine will be voluntarily withdrawn from the market immediately because of this unacceptable risk.

But DAF-K has more fundamental questions which you as Director-General of WHO need to answer. The vaccines ineffectiveness, as a public health tool, has been shown by earlier studies as well. The paper showing the vaccine doubles the risk of asthma was known in 2003 (Klugman New Engl J Med)4.

Our basic question is; how and on what basis did WHO take the decision to promote this vaccine? The world expects the WHO to be an honest broker between the needs of public health and vaccine manufacturers. Unfortunately this trust has now been betrayed by the WHO promoting a harmful drug.

We demand:- 1. WHO will identify all those who were responsible for giving this wrong advice and that they would be exposed and purged from the organisation in a transparent manner.

2. Constitute an expert committee, whose members express openly, that they have no conflicts of interest and links with drug and vaccine manufactures. This committee should set the guidelines and monitor the proper and rational use of vaccines as a public health tool. This is essential to prevent a repetition of this mistake. We are compelled to publish this as an open letter because DAF-K’s previous letters, regarding rational use of hepatitis – B vaccine have not been aptly addressed and replied by the DG. Yours truly

(Dr Gopal Dabade), (Mr. Khan A B) (Dr S L Pawar) President, DAF-K Secretary, DAF-K Joint Secretary, DAF-K Cell +9

(0)9448862270 Cell +91(0)9448378593 Cell +91(0)9449354415 References:- 1. Sona Choudhary & Jacob Puliyel, Incidence of Pneumonia is not reduced by pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Bulletin of WHO, 1st September 2008, Article DOI: 10.2471/BLT.08.054692, WHO bulletin with links accessed on 2nd September 2008 at: http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/08-054692.pdf http://www.who.int/bulletin/publish_ahead_of_print/en/index.html 2. ‘WHO position Pneumococcal Vaccines’, link accessed on 31st August 2008 at http://www.who.int/vaccines/en/pneumococcus.shtml#position

3. ‘Delhi, Bengal top charts in pneumonia deaths’, Times of India, 26th April 2008, link accessed on 29th August 2008 at

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Delhi_Bengal_top_in_pneumonia_deaths/articleshow/2986886.cms

4. Keith P. Klugman and others, ‘A Trial of a 9-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Children with and Those without HIV Infection’, New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 349:1341-1348 October 2, 2003, Number 14, link accessed on 31st August 2008 at http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/349/14/1341. 5. K Vaccine in Children with and Those without HIV Infection’, New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 349:1341-1348 October 2, 2003, Number 14, link accessed on 31st August 2008 at http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/349/14/1341. "It is now 30 years since I have been confining myself to the treatment ofchronic diseases. During those 30 years I have run against

so many histories of littlechildren who had never seen a sick day until they were vaccinated and who, in the severalyears that have followed, have never seen a well day since. I couldn't put my finger onthe disease they have.. They just weren't strong. Their resistance was gone. They wereperfectly well before they were vaccinated. They have never been well since. "---Dr. William Howard Hay

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Dear Friends,

I fully agree with the Drug action fourum on the issue and wish to say that nothing happened as for as hepatitis-b is concerened and nothing appears to happen with this latest vaccine.

The need of the hour is to force government of India to have it's own vaccine recommendation body with top experts of the country, so that we could get recommendations as per our needs and resources.

Till that time we can also bycott such vaccines and agends as for as possible.

Thanks and regards,

Dr. Omesh Bharti

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DRUG ACTION FORUM – KARNATAKA,57, Tejaswinagar, Dharwad 580002, Karnataka, India.Fax & telephone +91 (0)836 2461722, Mobile +91 (0)9448862270Email; - drugactionforumkarn ataka (AT) gmail (DOT) com, Web; - www.daf-k.cjb.

net------------ --------- --------- --------- ---- Drug Action Forum – Karnataka is part of Janarogya Andolan Karnataka (a state unit of People’s Health Movement – India http://phm-india. org/), member of AIDAN (All India Drug Action Network http://aidanindia. org/) and HAIAP (Health Action International Asia Pacific www.haiap..org).

Drug Action Forum – Karnataka is a registered, not for profit and independent organisation campaigning for Rational use Drugs and Vaccines.

2nd September 2008 OPEN LETTER TO DG FROM DAF-K To, Director-General, World Health Organization Avenue Appia 20 1211 Geneva 27,Switzerland,Fax number +41 22 7913131 Dear Madame,

Drug Action Forum – Karnataka (DAF-K), from India would like to bring to your notice facts which are really alarming and indicate the strong influence that profit making vaccine companies have on the esteemed WHO. These unhealthy nexus between WHO and the vaccine industry, we fear will have far reaching negative influence on the lives of millions of children all over the world. With these major concerns we lay down before you facts which are as follows: It has come to the notice of DAF-K members that the WHO Bulletin1 dated 1st September 2008 brings out some startling facts. According to the authors from the WHO, the pneumococcal vaccine that is being promoted by WHO globally2 and in India3 as well does not reduce clinical pneumonia. It reduces a rare type of pneumonia - so rare that 1,000 children need to be vaccinated to prevent four cases of the pneumonia! Still more alarming is the revelation that for every four children in whom pneumonia is prevented, two children develop asthma because of the vaccine. Pneumonia is a mild infection treated with Septran at less than $1 per child, according to the WHO protocol. Asthma on the other hand is often permanent and needs repeated inhaled treatment with

bronco-dilators and steroids. Asthma is a condition much worse than the one-off pneumonia which is easily treated and cured. We anticipate that with this revelation, parents of children, from all over the globe, are going to ask embarrassing questions. So we expect the vaccine will be voluntarily withdrawn from the market immediately because of this unacceptable risk.

But DAF-K has more fundamental questions which you as Director-General of WHO need to answer. The vaccines ineffectiveness, as a public health tool, has been shown by earlier studies as well. The paper showing the vaccine doubles the risk of asthma was known in 2003 (Klugman New Engl J Med)4.

Our basic question is; how and on what basis did WHO take the decision to promote this vaccine? The world expects the WHO to be an honest broker between the needs of public health and vaccine manufacturers. Unfortunately this trust has now been betrayed by the WHO promoting a harmful drug.

We demand:- 1. WHO will identify all those who were responsible for giving this wrong advice and that they would be exposed and purged from the organisation in a transparent manner.

2. Constitute an expert committee, whose members express openly, that they have no conflicts of interest and links with drug and vaccine manufactures. This committee should set the guidelines and monitor the proper and rational use of vaccines as a public health tool. This is essential to prevent a repetition of this mistake. We are compelled to publish this as an open letter because DAF-K’s previous letters, regarding rational use of hepatitis – B vaccine have not been aptly addressed and replied by the DG. Yours truly

(Dr Gopal Dabade), (Mr. Khan A B) (Dr S L Pawar) President, DAF-K Secretary, DAF-K Joint Secretary, DAF-K Cell +9

(0)9448862270 Cell +91(0)9448378593 Cell +91(0)9449354415 References:- 1. Sona Choudhary & Jacob Puliyel, Incidence of Pneumonia is not reduced by pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Bulletin of WHO, 1st September 2008, Article DOI: 10.2471/BLT. 08.054692, WHO bulletin with links accessed on 2nd September 2008 at: http://www.who. int/bulletin/ volumes/86/ 08-054692. pdf http://www.who. int/bulletin/ publish_ahead_ of_print/ en/index. html 2. ‘WHO position Pneumococcal Vaccines’, link accessed on 31st August 2008 at http://www.who. int/vaccines/ en/pneumococcus. shtml#position

3. ‘Delhi, Bengal top charts in pneumonia deaths’, Times of India, 26th April 2008, link accessed on 29th August 2008 at

http://timesofindia .indiatimes. com/India/ Delhi_Bengal_ top_in_pneumonia _deaths/articles how/2986886. cms

4. Keith P. Klugman and others, ‘A Trial of a 9-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Children with and Those without HIV Infection’, New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 349:1341-1348 October 2, 2003, Number 14, link accessed on 31st August 2008 at http://content. nejm.org/ cgi/content/ abstract/ 349/14/1341. 5. K Vaccine in Children with and Those without HIV Infection’, New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 349:1341-1348 October 2, 2003, Number 14, link accessed on 31st August 2008 at http://content. nejm.org/ cgi/content/ abstract/ 349/14/1341. "It is now 30 years since I have been confining myself to the treatment ofchronic diseases. During those 30 years I have run against so many histories

of littlechildren who had never seen a sick day until they were vaccinated and who, in the severalyears that have followed, have never seen a well day since. I couldn't put my finger onthe disease they have.. They just weren't strong. Their resistance was gone. They wereperfectly well before they were vaccinated. They have never been well since. "---Dr. William Howard Hay

 

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