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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-12-04, Page 5Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, December 4, 199i— Page 5e Writers share UNICEF response to letter Year editor 1 was t onct•rnr.d about tit tetter against teNI('F:F printed recently 1 hays sl int Int tbTilii.11it burn t N1C'F_1 in response to the allegation, made in the ic+tt r and 1 offer this Inlurrnatiun for out read- ers who ma+ hay r been distressed by the earlier letter 1 would be pleased to supple ancone who is interested with the corn- plett L'h1C'EF response 1 IT allegation that UNICEF supports China s one child per family poli- ty - "UNICE'F has never supported China s one child per f arril is policy UNICEF did increase its contribution from $2 mil - Something smells fishy Dear editor. Something is starting to smell fishy and it's the Huron Pertly District Health C:ouncil ; Hospital and Related Services T 1 Force Report The Health C rr1.Il warily the public to review only their .three options presented in the repot ,. '1 h roc,es\ used to A a1si r t h r e t options is' iortant and worthy t>l '',sew 11.,.cocess is flawed, then tats of that process art tainted. I urge your paper' to publish the report in its entirety. (It's only 12 type- written .pages). Lets hoe the people who w l 11 hr cllected significantly by the,. report hat a chance to see the %oilittit and quality of the repot; fila, !` already t!!Iccti1;g nrlctr !lyes to a sI ,ll1fI(_atlt way The Health council wont defend 'lie!! report and 1 wou!dnn i wc,nt to 'hake to defend it cane?.. They only want to "dts- CUSS'• thieir three options, Very little inlorniatlon is publicly available about how the three options were selected: however, one member of the task force has brokers the silence and indicated that in the process each task force member was given three blue dots arid they were asked to place their dots on the, options they would like to see. Rumor has it there were nine options from wfiit:h to select. The future health care system for Huron Perth has. been designed by 60 .(plus or tninus) blue dots. Is this a credible way to plan the future of health care for your community'? Art Clark Wingham, Editors note: We are unable io p,ublish the report in its entirety, how- ever, copies of the report are available at the Sentinel office Buri to almost $f+ million ;o trnprose the quality of maternal/child health and to increase health cover- age in the 00 poorest countries UNICEF has strongly argued that the most clfectist was to reduce population growth is to ensure child surYdt9l4i, Whereyrr child survsva1 rates go up. population rates fall So our child sur - visa' projects do get listed in the lnsentors of Population Projects But our work is always for sur - y it' al, protecttun and development of children (quote from Jacqueline Bradshaw. Prot' Inciai Director for UNICEF. Ontario ) "As a matter of polio'. approved by it. Executive BoardUNICEF does not adv oc ate any, particular method of fam►ly plan- ning. belie+ing this one to he a matter hest decided by people thernselse' in accordance with their needs. y clues and prefer- ences refer- erices As a matter of prac- tice. L'NICEF does not pray ide contraceptives supplies UNICEF has never provided support kir abortion and a continues to be the longstanding UNICEF policy not to support abortion as a method of family, plan- ning." (Jacqueline Bradshaw) Second allegation. that UNICEF was immunising women of child hearing afire• in the Philippines and Mexico an anti -tetanus teat.>ici which contained hCf.; (human Chorionic (;unadutrophini thus taus - Ing stenlily "Tetanus toxoid y accine is routinely, gi en to women of childbearing age in developing coun- tries to prevent post natal tetanus infections which entail a high fatality rate fur Doth mother+, and babies. Some pressure groups claimed that the tetanus toxoid vaccines. with an anti-fenihty torr` portent. were being used secretly to (unit population growth in target cotintnes. gweewitp&stA, N IVA However when vaccines from seven dlftere*t man- ula.turers were indepen- dently tested by the US Food b't Drug Administration t FDA)l the Netherlands Government, and by laboratories in sev- eral Luuntnes, the results were a1rnegati'e. -WHO and UNICEF have made it clear that they strongly oppose the combination of any vac- cines with anti -fertility vaccines. They also warn that unsubstantiated claims...could seriously undermine public confi- dence in tetanus toxoid and other vaccines in the countries involved, lower• immunization coverage, and cost the lives of moth- ers and children." (From State of the World's Vaccines and Immuniiation.1 Funds currently con- tributed by Canadians are used to continue to work to meet the goals for the year 300( that UNICEF set following the World Summit for Children in I990; clean safe water and sanitation for all; reducing child malnutrition by 50 per cent; 90 per cent immunization of children; elimination of Polio; erad-, ication of Guinea Worm disease; elimination of Iodine • Deficiency Disease; ending Vitamin A •turn to page 10 FORD --• Op Around with FALL MINIVAN EVENT! SPECIAL PRICES ON THESE GREAT SELLING MINIVANS! MERCURY '96 WIiNDSTAR GL "Special °Edition" Specially Equipped With: • The Most Powerful Minivan Engine • Cast Aluminum Wheels, Luggage (tack • AM/FM Stereo Cassette • 4 -Speed Automatic transmission • 7 Passenger Seating • New Tip/Slide Drivers Seat, PLUS... 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