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Saturday, June 06, 2009

WHO Recommends Rotavirus Vaccine for All Children

The World Health Organization recommended on Friday that oral rotavirus vaccines be included in all national immunization programs to avert half a million diarrhoeal deaths and 2 million hospitalizations a year.

Children in Europe and the Americas have had access to the rotavirus vaccine for three years but it had previously not been tested in and approved for low-income settings where the dehydrating disease is most lethal.

The U.N. agency's new global guidance is expected to boost demand for Merck's RotaTeq, GlaxoSmithKline's Rotarix vaccines in Africa and Asia, and from health charities.

"This WHO recommendation clears the way for vaccines that will protect children in the developing world from one of the most deadly diseases they face," said Tachi Yamada of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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  1. WARNING!! This report is attempting to make it appear as if though this is some sort of new vaccine! In fact, the vaccine that they claim “prevents diarrhea and vomiting” was taken off the market 10 YEARS AGO!! Do not be fooled by these criminal pieces of garbage! If you still take your child to get vaccinated, you had better wake the hell up and ask the doctor what the hell it is he is injecting into your child. vaccines are a racket that generate billions of dollars at the expense of our health! Read the warning from this web site! – TMR

    ……..RotaShield was the world’s only vaccine against the leading cause of childhood diarrhea. Linked to dangerous risk of dangerous bowel obstruction, RotaShield vaccine was used on an estimated 1 million U.S. babies prior to the 1999 withdrawal. RotaShield was on the market for just one year with reports of at least 99 bowel obstruction linked to the vaccine.

    The RotaShield vaccine was manufactured by American Home Products and just one to two weeks following the vaccine affected babies experienced symptoms of vomiting, bloody stools, and abdominal pain. If the RotaShield adverse effect was not caught early babies often required surgery to clear the blockage. As early as testing of RotaShield instances of bowel obstruction occurred so the FDA warned on the RotaShield label of the potential.

    Babies affected by the RotaShield vaccine experienced as many as 10-20 diarrhea episodes a day, making them dangerously dehydrated. If you would like to receive more information on RotaShield contact us to confer with a RotaShield attorney.
    http://www.adrugrecall.com/rotashield/rotashield.html

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