WHO being questioned about dubious vaccines by Indian doctors.

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WHO being questioned about dubious

vaccines by Indian doctors.

 

 

 

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:15:13 +0530 (IST)

 

 

 

Jagannath Chatterjee <jagchat01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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4. International

Agencies Telling Media Lies Over Hib Vaccine

 

In a just published report in the Indian Journal of Medical

Research, three senior Indian paediatricians have accused these

agencies - USAID, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, The

Hib Initiative and The GAVI Alliance - of misrepresentation of facts by

selectively and inaccurately reporting the actual findings of the

Bangladesh Hib probe study in order to promote the vaccine's wider use.

These statements argue in favour of Hib vaccination in developing

countries through "selective interpretation / presentation of the

actual research findings", says Jacob Puliyel at St. Stephens

Hospital in New Delhi and one of the doctors finding fault with the

press release. The press release made another misrepresentation by

saying the study "builds on" evidence of the burden of Hib pneumonia

from Indonesia whereas the Indonesia study actually reported more

pneumonia in the Hib vaccinated group than controls, says Puliyel. The

Indian doctors suggest that international organisations should ensure

balanced reporting of research through the media and not misrepresent

facts.

IANS, The Times Of India