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WHO warns against homeopathy use

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People with conditions such as HIV, TB and malaria should not rely on homeopathic treatments, the World Health Organization has warned.

It was responding to calls from young researchers who fear the promotion of homeopathy in the developing world could put people's lives at risk.

The group Voice of Young Science Network has written to health ministers to set out the WHO view.

WHO TB experts said homeopathy had 'no place' in treatment of the disease.


There is no objective evidence that homeopathy has any effect on these infections
Dr Nick Beeching, Royal Liverpool University Hospital

In a letter to the WHO in June, the medics from the UK and Africa said: 'We are calling on the WHO to condemn the promotion of homeopathy for treating TB, infant diarrhoea, influenza, malaria and HIV.

'Homeopathy does not protect people from, or treat, these diseases.

'Those of us working with the most rural and impoverished people of the world already struggle to deliver the medical help that is needed.

'When homeopathy stands in place of effective treatment, lives are lost.'

Dr Robert Hagan is a researcher in biomolecular science at the University of St Andrews and a member of Voice of Young Science Network, which is part of the charity Sense About Science campaigning for 'evidence-based' care.

He said: 'We need governments around the world to recognise the dangers of promoting homeopathy for life-threatening illnesses.

'We hope that by raising awareness of the WHO's position on homeopathy we will be supporting those people who are taking a stand against these potentially disastrous practices.'

'No evidence'

Dr Mario Raviglione, director of the Stop TB department at the WHO, said: 'Our evidence-based WHO TB treatment/management guidelines, as well as the International Standards of Tuberculosis Care do not recommend use of homeopathy.'

The doctors had also complained that homeopathy was being promoted as a treatment for diarrhoea in children.

But a spokesman for the WHO department of child and adolescent health and development said: 'We have found no evidence to date that homeopathy would bring any benefit.

'Homeopathy does not focus on the treatment and prevention of dehydration - in total contradiction with the scientific basis and our recommendations for the management of diarrhoea.'

Dr Nick Beeching, a specialist in infectious diseases at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, said: 'Infections such as malaria, HIV and tuberculosis all have a high mortality rate but can usually be controlled or cured by a variety of proven treatments, for which there is ample experience and scientific trial data.

'There is no objective evidence that homeopathy has any effect on these infections, and I think it is irresponsible for a healthcare worker to promote the use of homeopathy in place of proven treatment for any life-threatening illness.'

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  homiio on 2009-08-21
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WHO and the Health Ministries of all influential nations work as promoters of allopathy. The reason is not very difficult to understand. It is the hectic lobbying done by the pharma companies. There is no need for homeopaths to address any of the foolish concerns expressed by people working with WHO. It is for the WHO to clarify why do they think allopathy is the only option left. Dr. Hahnemann who was himself a qualified allopath raised very valid questions against allopathy in his book The Organon of Medicine. Let WHO respond to those points first.
 
kadwa last decade
 
Niel Madhavan last decade
We have been treating Malaria successfully with China for decades.

Very rightly said, pharma cos lobbying at work....misleading the masses.

Pankaj Varma
 
PANKAJ VARMA last decade
The fact is clear. The allpathic drug companies do their lobbying activity to save their business. Usually homeopathy is not a threat for sick people, it is only a threat for the drug companies. The allopathic drug companies always want to make the people sick to promote their business. So when the make a medicine for a specific disease, it create 5 more disease, which only increase their customer. Iron Tablet, Calcium Tablet as well as vaccination prevent natural birth and result as Caeser or Episiotomy; which increase the customer for allpathic hospital and also increase the customer for caeserian instrument produced or distributed by drug companies. Recently dozens of children died and hundreds became sick in Bangladesh after taking Vitamin A capsule and anti-worm capsule. In USA, swine-flue virus was firstly detected from a area which is located near a vaccine company. Vaccine of Measles create measeless and fever with is more severe than real measeless. These vaccines only promote the Paracitamol and Antibiotics products of drug companies. The affected people have being victim of the capitalist exploitation by drug companies.
 
sadeqahmed last decade
i think or rather have fear that based on money power these phrma cos. can buy politicians of the powerfull nations and ban/stop the production of our homeopathic drugs ,actually all pwerfull people who believe in homeopathy should should first insulae the homeo pharma prodution from getting banned.i think this is an initial move of this game.finally i think the stoppage of homeo production is the aim i wonder waht all homeopaths will do then???
 
bapu4 last decade

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