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A Catalyst for Public Debate: Promoting Openness, Full Disclosure, and Accountability http://www.ahrp.org  CDC Will No Longer Require HPV Vaccine for Immigrant Girls / Women - AP FYI The Associated Press reports (below) that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will no longer require immigrant girls and women to be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV). The CDC's discriminatory administrative directive MANDATING immigrant girls who posed no risk to the community to be vaccinated with Merck's HPV Gardasil vaccine was put into effect, July, 2008. The CDC's newly adopted criteria to determine which vaccines will be required for immigrants: the vaccine must protect against a disease that has the potential to cause an outbreak, has been eliminated in the U.S. or is in the process of being eliminated from the country. In addition to removing the HPV vaccine mandate, the CDC change also means the Zoster vaccine to protect against shingles won't be required of immigrants 60 or older. As acknowledged by Dr. Katrin Kohl, deputy director in the CDC's division of global migration and quarantine, cervical cancer and shingles "are not easily transmissible." Furthermore, "They don't fit into the whole public health spirit of outbreak prevention." In August, 2009, the Alliance for Human Research Protection received a frantic plea for help from a 22-year old immigrant woman with an underlying neurological condition for which she is being treated. Her well-founded, informed concern that the vaccine's potential adverse effects could jeopardize her health and her safety, was justified. She emigrated from an industrialized country, was about to be married, and has regularly had PAP tests to screen for cervical cancer--and they were negative. However, she could not find a physician in the U.S. who would back-up her concerns in a letter to the Immigration authorities. AHRP turned to the physician / scientist whose expertise about the HPV vaccine is indisputable: matched by the ethical standard guiding her conscience and her practice of medicine. We are gratified to have been able to help facilitate a reconsideration by CDC officials of a medically unjustified policy. More to follow on the AHRP website... Contact: Vera Hassner Sharav 212-595-8974 veracare@ahrp.org ASSOCIATED PRESS CDC will no longer require HPV vaccine for immigrant girls and women By Anabelle Garay, AP November 16th, 2009 Green card seekers won't have to get HPV vaccine DALLAS - Immigrant girls and women will no longer have to be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted virus to get their green cards. Starting Dec. 14, the HPV, or human papillomavirus vaccine will no longer be on the list of immunizations female immigrants ages 11 to 26 must receive before becoming legal permanent residents. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made the change on Friday. The CDC said it will require immunizations for which there is a public health need either at the time the person immigrates or changes their status to green card holder. "More than half of the immigrants who come to the U.S. seeking opportunity are women," Silvia Henriquez, executive director of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, said in a statement. "We thank the CDC for restoring their dignity and reproductive justice." Girls and women seeking to become legal permanent U.S. residents were required to get at least the first dose of the HPV vaccine, which protects against some strains of the virus blamed for cervical cancer. It was added to the list of required vaccinations for immigrants in July 2008. Soon after, a coalition of more than 100 immigrant, health and women's advocacy groups challenged the requirement, saying it was unfair to require the HPV vaccine for immigrants but not for most U.S. citizens. Attempts to require the vaccine for American girls has brought emotional debate and complaints that such mandates intrude on family decisions about sex education. In Texas, lawmakers fought off a 2007 order by Gov. Rick Perry requiring the shots for sixth-grade girls amid questions about vaccine's safety, efficacy and cost. At a price of $400 to $1,000 for the three-shot series, the vaccine also was an added burden on green card applicants already paying more than a thousand dollars in application fees and hundreds of dollars for mandatory medical exams. Insurance companies do not cover health services required for immigration purposes, advocates pointed out. "It also put the financial burden on the individual woman and her family," Gabriela Valle, senior director of community outreach and mobilization for California Latinas for Reproductive Justice, said Monday. "Not only are you taking my rights to make an informed decision over my body, over myself, over my daughter, but you're having me pay for it as well." The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Merck & Co.'s Gardasil in 2006 to protect against the human papillomavirus. The CDC immunization advisory committee quickly followed up by recommending it for girls and young women. For U.S. citizens, the committee's recommendations serve only to provide guidance on vaccines. But a 1996 change to the nation's immigration laws required anyone seeking permanent residency to get all the vaccinations recommended by the committee. The CDC's newly adopted criteria to determine which vaccines will be required for immigrants says the vaccine must be age appropriate. It also must protect against a disease that has the potential to cause an outbreak, has been eliminated in the U.S. or is in the process of being eliminated from the country. Aside from removing the HPV vaccine mandate, the change also means the Zoster vaccine to protect against shingles won't be required of immigrants 60 or older. "They are not easily transmissible," Dr. Katrin Kohl, deputy director in the CDC's division of global migration and quarantine, said of the two. "They don't fit into the whole public health spirit of outbreak prevention." However, the agency continues to recommend both vaccines, Kohl said. FAIR USE NOTICE: This may contain copyrighted (C ) material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Such material is made available for educational purposes, to advance understanding of human rights, democracy, scientific, moral, ethical, and social justice issues, etc. It is believed that this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 U.S.C. section 107 of the US Copyright Law. This material is distributed without profit. |
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