In several developing regions of the world , where WHO is providing the vaccination in collaboration with government health departments, the qualify of vaccines may have been compromised due to inappropriate storage and transportation conditions. In addition to that , several countries don't have the laboratory facilities to testify the quality of vaccine received from WHO (it is quite logical as it need quite advance laboratory equipment, expensive material and expert personals to testify the quality, and economically less fortune countries may not have such facilities at their own). Why the world health care organizations are not paying serious attention towards this issue ?
And why it is being ignored by the health care government bodies ?
Sometime ago in Ghana, a number of people died after taking H1N1 vaccine that was administered under the same scheme by the government. This raised a lot of questions about the quality of the vaccine and the credibility of WHO.
WHO has a vaccine prequalification system for vaccines, medicines and diagnostics. The prequalification process for vaccines consists of a transparent assessment, which includes dossier review, lots of vaccine consistency testing or performance evaluation and site visits to vaccine manufacturers. The National Regulatory Agencies of the manufacturing countries with prequalified vaccines are responsible for the quality of vaccine produced. But, from the moment these vaccines are in the field, there are other factors that can affect the quality and safety of the vaccine, as an example, storage, maintaing appropriate temperature (cold chain), transportation and then application of the vaccine. WHO also monitors adverse events to vaccines , specially those that are prequalified.
Dear Sir , thank you for such a detailed response ,
I am concerned about the quality of dispensed vaccines. In several regions of the world , there are no such facilities that can assess the quality of currently dispensed batch.
Besides the fact that finished goods are throughly assessed for product quality, however once the vaccines reach to the destination, still there are several aspects and factors that may alter the product quality. Do you think that WHO should take appropriate measures to double check the quality just before its dispensing (rather than just assuring the quality of the product prior to sending to different regions of the world ?
WHO is not an alien entity that serves the interest of some agents or persons . The member states have a stake and a responsibility not only in vaccination but all interventions aimed at improving human and saving human life . Get yourself more informed on how things work especially with the WHO
I may be less informed , but what I am sure of , is .... Due to vaccinations several innocent children have died , and WHO should not stay silent on this, and a detailed report should be issued on this matter.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1404945
PESHAWAR: The deaths of three children, who had died in Shaheen Muslim Town following administration of inactivated polio vaccine during the recently held anti-polio drive, created fear and panic among the local people.
Cases of Sudden Death Caused by Polio Vaccine Still Occurring in India and Pakistan
Source(s):
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
thevaccinereaction.org
vaccineresistancemovement.org
http://www.healthfreedoms.org/cases-of-sudden-death-caused-by-polio-vaccine-still-occurring-in-india-and-pakistan/
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