Dear All
When Tom Jefferson initially raised the N1H1 story he was stonewalled and
the WHO was in denial till it was taken up by the BMJ.
The deaths in Sri Lanka after Pentavalent vaccine and the cover up by a WHO
expert group may interest this group. (They simply made up a new system of
classification rather than say the vaccine was 'probably related' to 3
deaths). The letter below is published in ebmj and is accepted for
publication in the print journal (after shortening). Those interested may
use the link below:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/340/jun29_4/c3508
The WHO is a powerful force for public health. It is sad to see the good
will and respect that the WHO enjoys being frittered away by these
associations with the vaccine industry and big pharma. How can this group
help? Presume that discussing these matters may help change things.
Sincerely
Jacob Puliyel
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 11:29 PM, Tom Jefferson <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Jacob, there is more to it than industry and WHO, a lot more.....have a
> read.
>
> However, just to stick to WHO and influenza I think you will find the
> forthcoming paper by Peter Doshi in the BMJ interesting. Essentially
> WHO has re-defined the meaning of influenza pandemic overnight,
> although they refuse to answer questions on why and how.
>
> Enjoy,
>
> Tom.
>
>
> On 01/09/2009, Puliyel <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Dear All
> >
> > A lot has been discussed about how the source of funding for research
> > influences the findings of the study.
> >
> > I am looking at another angle.
> >
> > Funding WHO is from pharmacutical companies, among others.
> > This is the Wikipedia reference
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization#cite_note-12
> >
> >
> > The WHO is financed by contributions from member states and from donors.
> In
> > recent years, the WHO's work has involved more collaboration; there are
> > currently around 80 such partnerships with
> > NGOs<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-governmental_organization>and
> > the pharmaceutical
> > industry <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmaceutical_industry>, as well
> as
> > with foundations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates
> > Foundation<
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_and_Melinda_Gates_Foundation>and
> > the Rockefeller
> > Foundation <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockefeller_Foundation>.
> Voluntary
> > contributions to the WHO from national and local governments, foundations
> > and NGOs, other UN organizations, and* the private sector, now exceed
> that
> > of assessed contributions (dues) from the 193 member nations*.
> > [13]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization#cite_note-12
> >
> > PDF (30.1 KB)
> >
> > *^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization#cite_ref-12>*
> > http://ftp.who.int/gb/pdf_files/EB105/ee17a1.pdf
> > This funding source could bias recommendations made by the WHO.
> > Indeed there is evidence that this may be happening.
> > I am trying to compile the evidence where WHO recommendations fly in the
> > face of EBM.
> >
> > Two examples of this are below.
> >
> > 1. Here Tom Jefferson says the WHO's own evidence suggests that the 23
> > valent pneumococcal vaccine is not useful in adults but that does not
> deter
> > WHO from recommending it.
> >
> > Pneumococcal vaccines: confronting the
> > confounders.<
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19524765?ordinalpos=3&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
> >
> >
> > Jefferson T.
> > Lancet. 2009 Jun 13;373(9680):2008-9. Review. --
> >
> >
> > <
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15158652?ordinalpos=36&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
> >2.
> > Alonso-Coello P et al write about how the WHO tried to increase the
> market
> > for a drug against osteoporosis by what he calls 'disease mongering.' It
> > also describes how the WHO committees that make these recommendations are
> > constituted by the drug manufacturers.
> >
> > Drugs for pre-osteoporosis: prevention or disease
> > mongering?<
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18202066?ordinalpos=28&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
> >
> >
> > Alonso-Coello P, García-Franco AL, Guyatt G, Moynihan R.
> > BMJ. 2008 Jan 19;336(7636):126-9.
> >
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > I seek the help of this group to enlarge this list of 'recommendations
> that
> > are clearly not supported by EBM'.
> >
> > I could comple the full list of responses and post it to the list
> >
> > Thanking you
> >
> > Sincerely
> >
> > Jacob Puliyel MD MRCP MPhil
> > Head of Pediatrics
> > St Stephens Hospital
> > Delhi India
> >
> >
> > eFax 00 44 7092-124285
> > Phone 00 91 11 23946388
> > 00 91 9868035091
> >
>
>
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