Table of Contents
SECTION I: MIRACLE IN THEMAKING: 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 Imunization'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 Specific Vaccines
and Toxoids--Diagnosable in the Short Term Extent and Nature of Observable Vaccine Damage Long Term (Delayed) Potential Adverse Effects of Immunization Evidences for Immunization Induced Immune Malfunction The Ethics of Universal Childhood Immunization Bane or Boon? Selective Medicine in Primary Health Care
SECTION II: TOWARDS MOREAPPROPRIATE PRIORITIES IN DEVELOPING WORLD PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
Eclipsing the Spirit of Alma Ata Emerging--A More Practicable Primary Health Care Model
SECTION III: A CONSIDERATIONOF 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 SECTIONSI, II, AND III
ANNEX 1: PROBLEMS WITHDEVELOPING 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: AGROCHEMICALAGRICULTURE--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