On 7/15/13, Anyole J <[email protected]> wrote: > Not to take away from anything whatsoever from this continued effort for > better health for ourselves and our people, I have long been very suspicious > of drug companies operating and doing drug tests in so called third world > countries where regulations are next to non-existent. I have spoken to a > person or two about this and I was very surprised when one of the people i > spoke to had the same views and had indeed heard of Drug tests gone bad in > certain parts of the world but because there was no regulation or the power > players had been greased, nothing was ever made of it. > > > > just my opinion. > > Anyole > > > ________________________________ > From: Charles Male <[email protected]> > To: Ezati Eric <[email protected]>; A Virtual Network for friends of West > Nile <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 7:40:38 AM > Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Fwd: Fw: Province participates in Human > Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine study > > > FYI > ------------------------------------------- > On Sun, 7/14/13, Gershim Asiki <[email protected]> wrote: > > Subject: Re: [Kobokonet] Fwd: Fw: Province participates in Human > Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine study > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Received: Sunday, July 14, 2013, 2:23 PM > > Dear Charles, > > Thanks for sharing this interesting study with us. HPV vaccination is > not yet widely available in Uganda although recently the vaccination > programme was launched through a collaboration between the Ugandan > ministry of health and > north American drug company (Merck Sharpe and Dohme). This is > targeting 140,000 girls aged 9-12 years in 12 districts. The plan is > to expand the programme to all districts by 2014. > > One third of women in Uganda are estimated to have the HPV infection > that is responsible for cancer of the cervix. > > About 3600 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer in > Uganda every year, 2500 of whom die of the disease. This > number is projected to rise to up to 6400 by 2025. > Vaccination against HPV together with regular screening of > women can significantly reduce the risk of this > cancer. > > As kknetters, we should champion the campaign for the > vaccination drive once the vaccine becomes available. > > Asiki > > > On 7/15/13, Ezati Eric <[email protected]> wrote: >> This vaccine is already available in Uganda but in private hospitals and >> targets girls of about 11-15 years who are assumed not to be sexually >> active >> at that age given in 3 doses over six months as clearly stated.The vaccine >> helps to prevent them from getting cancer of cervix at a letter time. We >> are >> yet to get communications on public consumption on this from Ministry of >> health for the benefit of all Ugandans >> >> >> >> Ezati Eric >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Charles Male <[email protected]> >> To: Kobokonet Koboko <[email protected]>; A Virtual Network for >> friends of West Nile <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, 13 July 2013, 14:42 >> Subject: [WestNileNet] Fwd: Fw: Province participates in Human >> Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine study >> >> >> A study that our researchers/scientists might want to follow closely.... >> >> Dr. Asiki and other medical professional ....Is this HPV vaccination >> available in Uganda already? >> >> C >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Prince Edward Island [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 05:00 PM >> To: Malé, Charles >> Subject: Province participates in Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine study >> >> ----------------------------- >> NEWS RELEASE >> ----------------------------- >> >> July 12, 2013 >> >> PROVINCE PARTICIPATES IN HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV) VACCINE STUDY >> >> CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI -- Researchers from Dalhousie University are >> working with the Prince Edward Island Department of Health and >> Wellness to conduct a new study of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) >> vaccine. >> >> “All girls who received the HPV vaccine through the school >> vaccination program are being invited to help researchers with this >> study,” says Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison. >> “While it is widely accepted among researchers that HPV vaccine can >> safely protect against HPV disease and will prevent cervical cancer, >> it is not known how long this protection lasts, or whether there is >> any difference in effectiveness between two doses or three doses of >> HPV vaccine.” >> “We know that HPV causes cervical cancer, and that the HPV vaccine >> prevents infection from HPV and reduces the risk of cervical cancer,” >> says Dr. Shelly McNeil, a lead researcher on the study and infectious >> disease specialist at Dalhousie University and Capital District Health >> Authority, Halifax. “What we want to determine is how the two-dose >> schedule given in some provinces compares to the three-dose schedule >> given here in Prince Edward Island – and we want to follow girls over >> the long term to see how effective the vaccine has been over time.” >> Currently, Health Canada has approved a three-dose schedule of the >> quadrivalent HPV vaccine given over six months. This three-dose >> schedule is offered by Public Health Nurses in Health PEI to all girls >> in Grade 6. In some provinces in Canada, the vaccine is given as a >> two-dose schedule. >> To determine if a two-dose HPV vaccine schedule provides equivalent >> protection, the Quadrivalent HPV Vaccine Evaluation Study (QUEST) will >> follow more than 8,500 teenage girls recruited from British Columbia, >> Alberta, Quebec and the Maritimes for up to 10 years. The study will >> assess risk factors, frequency of infection with HPV, and the level of >> protection provided by two doses of vaccine compared to three doses. >> “Letters are being sent to Prince Edward Island girls who received >> three doses of HPV vaccine since 2007,” says Dr. Morrison. “Over the >> next several months, all girls who received the HPV immunization in >> school are being invited to assist in finding out the difference the >> vaccine makes.” >> The Prince Edward Island HPV immunization program has been offered >> since the 2007/2008 school year. >> QUEST builds on earlier HPV vaccine research. In 2006, research >> conducted in Canada measured the short-term immune response of a >> two-dose HPV vaccine. QUEST aims to determine if this protection is >> maintained over a longer term. Dr. Morrison adds, “This study will >> help optimize our HPV vaccine dosing schedule to ensure the current >> and future health and well-being of Islanders.” >> >> >> -30- >> >> For more information, contact Mary Moszynski, Health and Wellness by >> email at [email protected] or phone (902) 368-5610. >> >> To change your subscription preferences visit www.gov.pe.ca/mailinglists. >> >> >> >> To remove yourself from this email list, please go to the following >> address in your web browser: >> www.gov.pe.ca/mailinglists/remove.php3?un=646090&ln=1&email=charles.male%40tbs-sct.gc.ca >> Pour supprimer votre nom de cette liste de courriels, veuillez vous >> rendre à l'adresse suivante dans votre navigateur: >> www.gov.pe.ca/mailinglists/remove.php3?un=646090&ln=1&email=charles.male%40tbs-sct.gc.ca >> _______________________________________________ >> WestNileNet mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet >> >> WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). 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