Det är sånt här som gör mig irriterad.


Delhi: Den indiska rådet för medicinsk forskning (ICMR) meddelar att man avbryter livmoderhalscancer handlingsprogram för kontroll vaccination för flickor. Programmet är en del av en tvåårig studie för att undersöka nyttan av ett vaccin i folkhälsoprogram och acceptansen av Gardasil, humant papillomvirus (HPV) vaccin från Merck.

Gardasil, marknadsförs i Indien av MSD Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd.

Programmet avbröts efter fyra dödsfall och komplikationer bland 120 utvalda flickor. Flickorna klagade över mag sjukdomar, epilepsi, huvudvärk och tidig mens. Man fruktar även att vaccinet kan påverka den psykiska hälsan hos dom som har visat några tecken på ångest tidigare.

För att ett läkemedel ska få ges till barn, måste läkemedlet gå igenom faser av klinisk prövning, inklusive fas 3 vuxna kliniska prövningar. Med Gardasil, har bara ett försök gjorts med ett urval av endast 110 flickor, som man har följt upp en månad. Vaccinet har också godkänts för vuxna kvinnor i åldern 27, utan försök på dem.

//svårt att få fram om vaccinationerna ska fortsätta som att ingenting har hänt, men troligtvis är det så//

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_ ... after-4-girls-die_1368681
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New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has told Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat to immediately suspend the cervical cancer control vaccination programme for girls. The programme is part of a two-year study to look into the utility of a vaccine in public health programmes and acceptability of Gardasil, the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine made by Merck. Gardasil, available in medical stores across the country, is marketed in India by MSD Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd.

The programme was marred by controversy after four deaths and complications among 120 girls were reported after vaccination. The girls complained of stomach disorders, epilepsy, headaches and early menarche. Women activists fear the vaccine may impact the mental health of girls who have shown no signs of distress so far.

Health ministry sources said the vaccination programme is being conducted by Gardasil, jointly with PATH, a Seattle-based NGO, ICMR and the two state governments. About 32,000 girls, aged 10-14, were to be tested in the study.

ICMR chief Dr VM Katoch clarified ICMR was only a technical partner, with an advisory role, in the project. But Katoch said they were checking out who was at fault.

Questioning the study, CPM leader Brinda Karat said: “How has the government embarked on the study of giving three injections to the girls when it is also planning a massive multi-centric dose determination study to see if two doses will suffice?”

For a drug to be administered to children, Karat said, it has to go through stages of clinical trial, including phase 3 adult clinical trials. With Gardasil, only one trial has been carried out with a small sample of 110 girls, which has followed up with them for a month after completion of vaccination and that too only to look at the immune response post-vaccination, Karat said. The vaccine has also been approved for adult women aged 27, Karat said, without any trials on them.

Karat also alleged scientific logic and ethical guidelines have been violated at each step during drug and vaccine trials.

Detta kommer snart att mer eller mindre påtvingas våra unga flickor i skolorna, dessa flickor kanske aldrig kommer att kunna skaffa barn när dom blir äldre..