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After nearly 28 years, The Communication Initiative (The CI) Global is entering a new chapter. Following a period of transition, the global website has been transferred to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, where it will be administered by the Social and Behaviour Change Communication Division. Wits' commitment to social change and justice makes it a trusted steward for The CI's legacy and future.
 
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Vaccines: An Issue of Trust

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This article is part one of a two-part series discussing the vaccine safety system. It looks at arguments made by anti-vaccination activists and suggests ways for all consumers to better understand and benefit from immunisation.

Sections include:
  • The price of success - before vaccines for diphtheria, measles, mumps, pertussis, polio, rubella (German measles), tetanus, hepatitis B, pneumococcus, and Hib were introduced there nearly 2 million reported cases of disease per, now because of vaccination many diseases have been elimintated...
  • How vaccines are tested - typically a new vaccine is tested on 10,000 - 20,000 people before the FDA approves it, is this enough to reliably detect rare complications?...
  • Two safety lapses - in two recent cases, vaccine-safety agencies were slow to act on emerging problems...
  • The antivaccine argument - arguments and suppositions of antivaccine activists...
  • Compensating the injured - the federal Vaccine Injury Compensation Program was created in 1988, funded by a small tax on every lot of vaccine, it is an insurance plan against childhood-vaccine injuries...
  • Recommendations - provides information to make an informed choice...
Click here for the full article online.