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Why is the Gates Foundation investing in family planning in Indonesia?
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| If Bill Gates and his spouse believe that
| better lives lead to smaller families why
| are they making this grant?
|
| Population growth has already plummeted,
| though patchily, in Indonesia, due to the
| highly effective family planning programme
| they have already implemented. The
| demographic transition should do the rest.
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http://gateskeepers.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2010/4/7/4499634.html
HPV vaccinations in India: Shots heard round the world
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| A 'demonstration project' conducted by PATH
| International in cooperation with ICMR and
| the Indian state governments Andhra Pradesh
| and Gujarat and funded by the Bill and
| Melinda Gates Foundation was called to an
| abrupt halt amidst allegations of unethical
| conduct this week.
|
| 58 various health advocacy groups took it
| upon themselves to conduct an independent
| fact finding mission when reports of 4
| unexplained deaths and 120 girls suffering
| from debilitating new illnesses after being
| vaccinated against the HPV virus.
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http://www.examiner.com/x-40801-Vaccines-Examiner~y2010m4d9-HPV-vaccinations-in-India-Shots-heard-round-the-world
Centre halts HPV vaccine project
http://www.thehindu.com/2010/04/08/stories/2010040857390100.htm
Vaccine programme in A.P. only after Centre's clearance
http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article392163.ece
Groups write to Azad on HPV vaccine trial
http://www.thehindu.com/2010/04/09/stories/2010040957601800.htm
HPV vaccine programme: Brinda seeks impartial enquiry
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| The trials are being described as a
| âdemonstration projectâ by PATH-
| International, a U.S.-based non-
| governmental organisation, which is
| conducting the project for American
| pharmaceutical company Merck since July
| 2009.
|
| The girls, aged between 10 and 14 and
| belonging to the most vulnerable sections
| of society, were enrolled in the study
| approved by the Indian Council of Medical
| Research (ICMR) and the respective State
| governments, and is funded by the Bill and
| Melinda Gates Foundation.
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http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article391111.ece
BMC set to introduce HPV vaccines in Mumbai fight to against cervical cancer
http://www.duniyalive.com/?p=116448
Recent:
Tachi Yamada of the Gates Foundation gets an interview about management in
the NYT while he is being investigated for unethical behaviour
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| It certainly looks like a lucky coincidence
| that this flufftalk interview of Tachi came
| out just as the heat is being turned up on
| investigating his threatening behaviour in
| his previous job. The Senate Finance
| Committee "says he made phone calls to
| officials at the University of North
| Carolina and the University of Pennsylvania
| to shut down studies of possible negative
| side effects of Avandia" made by Tachi's
| company.
|
| Tachi says he likes to give direct negative
| feedback so he will like Gates Keepers
| speaking straight: Gates Keepers thinks you
| acted unethically by threatening academic
| researchers. Restitution and amends are in
| order.
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http://gateskeepers.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2010/3/1/4469149.html
Utterly Repellent
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| Consider its two-pronged approach to
| malaria. It focuses on bed nets--an ultra-
| low-tech, only modestly effective
| intervention--and the development of a
| vaccine, a high-tech solution that has
| eluded the intensive efforts of scientists
| for decades. Yet it dismisses the chemical
| DDT, an old, cheap and safe tool to control
| the vector--the Anopheles mosquito--that
| spreads the disease.
|
| [...]
|
| But policies based on science and data
| enjoy a short half-life at the UN. Last
| year, with a notable absence of fanfare,
| WHO reverted to endorsing less effective
| methods for preventing malaria. In a May 6
| statement the WHO and the UN Environment
| Program announced that their goal was "to
| achieve a 30% cut in the application of DDT
| worldwide by 2014 and its total phase-out
| by the early 2020s, if not sooner." In the
| absence of effective vaccines or new anti-
| malarial drugs--and the funding and
| infrastructure to deliver them--this
| decision is tantamount to mass murder, a
| triumph of radical enviro-politics over
| public health.
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http://www.forbes.com/2010/02/24/bill-gates-malaria-vaccines-opinions-contributors-henry-i-miller_print.html
Gates grantee doesn't look like a citizen participation organization
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| Well those Southeast Asian lawmakers who
| earn billions a year from producing tobacco
| products are unlikely to just roll over and
| increase taxes to reduce consumption
| without a people's movement to push them.
| SEATCA will receive seven million dollars
| but doesn't look like a citizen
| participation organization to Gates
| Keepers.
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http://gateskeepers.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2010/3/3/4471041.html
Gates Foundation gives $7M to support SE Asia cigarette taxes
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2010/03/01/daily15.html
Gates Official Comes Under Investigation by Senate Committee
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| The head of global health for the Bill &
| Melinda Gates Foundation is under scrutiny
| by members of Congress for his previous job
| at one of the world's largest
| pharmaceutical companies.
|
| The Senate Finance Committee is
| investigating whether the drug company
| GlaxoSmithKline knew of possible health
| risks associated with the diabetes medicine
| Avandia. The committee's senior members,
| Max Baucus, a Democrat from Montana, and
| Charles Grassley, a Republican from Iowa,
| released a report over the weekend that
| says that the company intimidated outside
| researchers from studying the drug.
|
| [...]
|
| Only a small portion of the 334-page report
| focuses on Dr. Yamada. But it says he made
| phone calls to officials at the University
| of North Carolina and the University of
| Pennsylvania to shut down studies of
| possible negative side effects of Avandia.
|
| At the University of Pennsylvania, two
| researchers said that phone calls by Dr.
| Yamada and other drug company executives
| "were highly unprofessional and had a
| chilling effect on their professional
| activities."
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http://philanthropy.com/blogPost/Gates-Official-Comes-Under/21393/?sid=&utm_source=&utm_medium=en
The Gates Foundation contracts with India's most corrupt state
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| It will be interesting to see how the Gates
| Foundation deals with the corruption
| endemic to Bihar. And what will they do for
| security? Form their own private army?
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http://gateskeepers.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2010/2/24/4464799.html
Gates Official Comes Under Investigation by Senate Committee
,----[ Quote ]
| The head of global health for the Bill &
| Melinda Gates Foundation is under scrutiny
| by members of Congress for his previous job
| at one of the world's largest
| pharmaceutical companies.
|
| The Senate Finance Committee is
| investigating whether the drug company
| GlaxoSmithKline knew of possible health
| risks associated with the diabetes medicine
| Avandia. The committee's senior members,
| Max Baucus, a Democrat from Montana, and
| Charles Grassley, a Republican from Iowa,
| released a report over the weekend that
| says that the company intimidated outside
| researchers from studying the drug.
|
| [...]
|
| Only a small portion of the 334-page report
| focuses on Dr. Yamada. But it says he made
| phone calls to officials at the University
| of North Carolina and the University of
| Pennsylvania to shut down studies of
| possible negative side effects of Avandia.
|
| At the University of Pennsylvania, two
| researchers said that phone calls by Dr.
| Yamada and other drug company executives
| "were highly unprofessional and had a
| chilling effect on their professional
| activities."
`----
http://philanthropy.com/blogPost/Gates-Official-Comes-Under/21393/?sid=&utm_source=&utm_medium=en
The Gates Foundation contracts with India's most corrupt state
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| It will be interesting to see how the Gates
| Foundation deals with the corruption
| endemic to Bihar. And what will they do for
| security? Form their own private army?
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http://gateskeepers.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2010/2/24/4464799.html
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