{"id":10459,"date":"2023-12-28T13:53:34","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T19:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=jtf_topics&p=10459"},"modified":"2024-07-27T15:31:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T20:31:18","slug":"did-hpv-vaccines-in-india-cause-harm","status":"publish","type":"jtf_topics","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/jtf_topics\/did-hpv-vaccines-in-india-cause-harm\/","title":{"rendered":"Did HPV vaccines in India cause harm?"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row source=”” text=”Clinical Trials” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” google_fonts=”font_family:Abril%20Fatface%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”” css=”.vc_custom_1708910874436{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”The Claim:” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css=””]\n
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A\u00a0conspiracy theory<\/a> that was popular this year centered around the HPV vaccine introduction in India and the Gates Foundation\u2019s relationship with the Indian Parliament.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”The Facts:” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css=””]Between 2006-2011, PATH, a public health nonprofit funded by the Gates Foundation, conducted\u00a0HPV\u00a0vaccination\u00a0programs<\/a>\u00a0in 4 low- to middle-income countries, including India, to guide future cervical cancer prevention program planning. These were neither clinical nor safety trials, as the video making the claims suggests since the HPV vaccine had been\u00a0approved<\/a>\u00a0in India in 2008.<\/p>\n

The video also makes an unsubstantiated claim that many of the 24,000 girls vaccinated in India were seriously injured, from seizures to cancer itself.\u00a0It does not cite any credible sources or detail documented instances.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in New Delhi\u00a0suspended the project<\/a>\u00a0in 2010 after the deaths of 7 girls following the vaccine. However, 5 of those deaths were\u00a0completely unrelated<\/a>\u00a0to the vaccine (drowning, snake bite, pesticides, and malaria), and the other two were unlikely related to the vaccine.<\/p>\n

Allegations<\/a>\u00a0by a\u00a0parliamentary panel that oversees\u00a0India\u2019s health ministry were that the project had breached medical ethics and violated Indian regulations on clinical trials, as these deaths were not investigated by PATH. Since \u201cclinical trials had already established the safety of HPV vaccines through clinical trials and the vaccine had been approved in India in 2008, they were not collecting safety data at the time. The disagreement may have opened the door to anti-vaccine claims.<\/p>\n

HPV causes the deaths of nearly 73,000 women by cervical cancer in India each year.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A conspiracy theory falsely claims that HPV vaccines caused serious harm in India, but investigations found no credible evidence linking the vaccine to reported deaths or injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","jtf_topic_subjects":[196,218],"class_list":["post-10459","jtf_topics","type-jtf_topics","status-publish","hentry","jtf_topic_subjects-hpv","jtf_topic_subjects-vaccine-safety","entry","no-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/jtf_topics"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10466,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10459\/revisions\/10466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jtf_topic_subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topic_subjects?post=10459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}