Judith Tan The Straits Times 05/30/2010 TWO vaccines available here can protect women against a virus which causes cervical cancer, a disease which kills one woman here every five days. Yet, only three in 100 women have gone for it. One major obstacle: ignorance. Few women here know that the human papilloma virus (HPV) can…
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The International News 05/30/2010 Karachi: The first formal meeting of Board of Trustees (BoT) of recently established “Trust for Vaccines & Immunizationî (TVI) was held in a local hotel in Karachi. The meeting was attended by prominent Pediatricians and Philanthropists of the country. Dr Abdul Ghaffar Billoo, Mr. Naseem Iqbal, Dr. Ejaz Vohra and Dr….
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*Note: Please notice that what is mentioned in the article is to keep the immunization records up to date. This doesn’t necessarily mean the vaccines. The child’s exemption is included in the immunization record as well but this fact is conveniently left out. It’s a sleight of hand. Matthew Strader Caledon Enterprise 05/04/2010 Seventy-two students…
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Carly Weeks The Globe and Mail 05/05/2010 A growing number of parents are delaying or outright refusing to immunize their children, a troubling trend experts fear will cause future outbreaks of preventable diseases, such as measles, mumps, and even polio. Figures released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at a pediatrics conference…
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Jesse Mckinley NYTimes 05/02/2010 SAN FRANCISCO — It is an image both shocking and strangely serene: 10 beauty queens, each with a broad smile, sparkling earrings and a beautiful gown. And written across the bottom of the photograph is a simple, stark question. “Which one,” it reads, “deserves to die?” The image is part of…
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