Health activists have appreciated the Parliamentary Standing Committee’s report on the “Alleged Irregularities in the Conduct of Studies Using Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Vaccine by PATH in India.” They commended “its candid, transparent contents, which reflect the committee’s acknowledgement of the unethical nature of the HPV trials’’ conducted in the country.
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Health activists and civil society groups have demanded inclusion of hysterectomies as a component in the fourth round of National Family Health Survey, and the data so generated be used for formulating guidelines to conduct surgeries for removing the uterus.
Source: The Hindu Read more When medical professionals, legal experts, health activists, and the officials of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare meet here on Monday, on their agenda is a rather peculiar subject — rising cases of hysterectomies in India. Hysterectomy is the complete or partial removal of the uterus, and sometimes ovaries, cervix and fallopian tubes. Ethically, a doctor should suggest this operation in case of certain medical conditions, or when all other treatment options fail.
Source: The Hindu Read more Hysterectomies are often carried out without consent and without even tell to the person who would have undergone the process. Hysterectomies are often carried out teen-aged girls who are differently abled so that the girls do not become pregnant if abused. This is a conspiracy where parents and society stay silent about the abuse and about the hysterectomies or abortions after the abuse.
Source: The Hindu Read more Sarita, now 20, had learnt to live with all this since she was 14 years of age. She drew strength from her parents who stood by her rock solid as they knew marrying girls young was not a wise decision. It was not easy not to be married at 14 in Pachod Khurd village in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra. While Maharashtra is counted among the prosperous States on most social indicators, this district has a tradition of marrying off girls very young. Source: The Hindu Read more Cervical cancer vaccines are a recent addition to the regular vaccination list and were added after a revision to the Preventive Vaccination Law that took effect in April, 2013. In Japan, cervical cancer is second only to breast cancer among those aged 20 to 39 and is estimated to strike nearly 9,000 women each year. Source: Japan Times Read more Around 350 women of the Gond and Korku tribes, in Betul district’s Hardoo village, were illegally subject to pregnancy tests before participating in a mass marriage ceremony under the Mukhyamantri Kanyadan Yojana. This state funded wedding for more than 400 couples was attended by local MLA Geeta Uikey and former minister Vijay Shah. Source: The Hindu Read more Women’s health activists have asked the Centre not to rush into finalising the ‘Assisted Reproductive Technologies (Regulation) Bill, 2013’ and, instead, hold wider deliberations with women’s rights organisations, queer rights, human rights and legal rights organisations across the country.
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