[Book 1990, updated 1998] UNIVERSAL IMMUNIZATION Medical Miracle or Masterful Mirage
[One document] UNIVERSAL IMMUNIZATION Medical Miracle or Masterful Mirage By Dr. Raymond Obomsawin
Book in sections below
PREFACE, & ABSTRACT
SECTION I: MIRACLE IN THE MAKING: REALITY
OR DELUSION?
Introduction
EPI--Field Evaluation Experience
UNICEF's General EPI Strategy and Stated Achievements
Field Observations
Contra-Indications Screening
A Case History
Vaccine Scheduling
Immunization's Impact in the Declension of Infectious Diseases
Incomplete Statistical Reporting
The Developmental Implications of UCL/EPI
Is Immunization Effectiveness a Certainty?
Early Theoretical Foundations Re-Examined
Artificially Induced Immunity--Reality or Delusion?
An Historic Overview of the Bacterial/Viral Theory of Disease Causation
The Bacterial/Viral Versus the Cellular/Ecological Theory of Infectious Disease
Infectious Disease Tables I--XVIII
Immunization Effectiveness Data
Data on Diphtheria
Data on Measles
Data on Polio
Data on Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
Data on Tetanus Toxoid and Immune Globulin
WHO Smallpox Eradication Success Reconsidered
Vaccine Associated Dangers--General Observations
Of What Do Vaccine Products Consist?
Some Observed and Potential Adverse Effects of Spacific Vaccines
and Toxoids--Diagnosable in the Short Term
Extent and Nature of Observable Vaccine Damage
Long Tenn (Delayed) Potential Adverse Effects of Immunization
Evidences for Immunization Induced Immune Malfimction
The Ethics of Universal Childhood Immunization
Bane or Boon? Selective Medicine in Primary Health Care
SECTION II: TOWARDS MORE APPROPRIATE
PRIORITIES IN
DEVELOPING WORLD PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
THE REAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
Eclipsing the Spirit of Alma Ata
Emerging--A More Practicable Primary Health Care Model
SECTION III: A CONSIDERATION OF
ALTERNATIVES TO ENSURING NATURAL IMMUNITY
The Soil as Chief Determinant of Health and
The Foundation of Public Health Policy
Insightful Experiments
Soil Re-Mineralization--A Return To Primeval Conditions
Soil Dietetics and Disease
Key Nutritional Measures in Preventing Infectious Disease
Vitamin A
Vitamin C
I. Viral Infections
II. Bacterial Infections
III. Phagocytotic Activity
IV. Conclusion
A New and Better Strategy
General Conclusion on Appropriate Alternatives
Conclusion
References
FOOTNOTES TO SECTIONS I, II, AND III
ANNEX 1: PROBLEMS WITH DEVELOPING WORLD MEDICALIZATION AND THE
TRADITIONAL MEDICINE ALTERNATIVE
The Disturbing Dilemma of Developing World Medicalization
India--An Alarming Case In Point
A Compelling Voice of Protest
The Traditional Medicine Alternative
Critical Conclusions and Directions
References
ANNEX II: AGROCHEMICAL AGRICULTURE--THE NEED
FOR A SANER ALTERNATIVE
The Dilemma of Chemical Fertilization
Pesticide Poisons
Biologically Sound Alternatives To Pesticides
The Promise of Clean Organiculture Methods
A Recent International Initiative in Clean Organiculture
References