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India Recalls Measles Vaccine After Child Deaths Posted by vaccinesme on Tuesday, January, 20 2009 and filed under News Key topics: Measles Deaths One of many news reports documenting the death of children after a measles campaign. Speculation has been made (in order to explain these deaths) that there was contamination with staphylococcus aureus (bacteria) in the vaccine although no conclusive or definitive answers have been provided to date. This highlights the problem in vaccination policy that all children are subject to the same vaccine schedule with no real practical consideration of the vulnerability and susceptibility of individual children to adverse events and reactions (short or long-term) due to their unique biological constitution and underlying health and immunity problems (that may not have already been detected).
NEW DELHI (AFP) [April 25 2008] - India has recalled over four million doses of a measles vaccine supplied by a south Indian drug manufacturer after four children died following inoculation with the drug, reports said Friday. In developing countries, due to malnutrition, sanitation issues and general standards of living, diseases such as measles can be more harmful than in developed countries where they are mild and harmless to the vast majority of children. Measles can be cured and prevented with high dosage Vitamin A and Vitamin C, as is established and documented historically.
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