{"id":31770,"date":"2018-10-29T11:12:42","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T05:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=31770"},"modified":"2018-10-29T11:12:42","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T05:42:42","slug":"hpv-vaccine-gets-immunisation-nod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/hpv-vaccine-gets-immunisation-nod\/","title":{"rendered":"HPV vaccine gets immunisation nod"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/health\/hpv-vaccine-gets-immunisation-nod\/article22514484.ece\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HPV vaccine gets immunisation nod<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI) has given the green signal to the introduction of the Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in the Universal Immunization Programme.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The decision of who will make the HPV vaccines will depend on the outcome of a 2012 Supreme Court case. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is the controversy in 2012 about the vaccine?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2009 a clinical trial conducted by the American non-profit PATH, in partnership with the Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat governments, went wrong.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Around 24,000 pre-adolescent girls were given MSD and GSK vaccines in the trial.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When eight of these girls died, health activists said PATH and others had<\/span><b> violated research-ethics<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by giving the girls the vaccine <\/span><b>without informed consent from their parents.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They also pointed out that <\/span><b>trial-researchers had not set up a system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to track the vaccine side-effects.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These allegations led to a 2012 writ petition in the Supreme Court by the activists.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What does the Opponents of the HPV has to say about the vaccine?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opponents of the HPV vaccine say it is unnecessary, because <\/span><b>screening for cervical cancer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> alone can prevent many deaths.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proponents say that while screening is important, it is <\/span><b>difficult to implement this in Indian healthcare settings.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vaccine opponents have also raised the <\/span><b>issue of rare side-effects<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HPV vaccine gets immunisation nod Context: The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI) has given the green signal to the introduction of the Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in the Universal Immunization Programme. The decision of who will make the HPV vaccines will depend on the outcome of a 2012 Supreme Court case. 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