CIA's fake vaccination programme criticised by Médecins Sans Frontières

[seafan]

Source: Guardian (UK)

Médecins Sans Frontières has lashed out at the CIA for using a fake vaccination programme as a cover to spy on Osama bin Laden on Thursday, saying it threatened life-saving immunisation work around the world.
The international medical aid charity said the ploy used by US intelligence, revealed this week in the Guardian, was a "grave manipulation of the medical act".

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However, on the ground in Abbottabad the Guardian discovered that while the vaccine doses themselves were genuine, the medical professionals involved were not following procedures. In an area called Nawa Sher, they did not return a month after the first dose to provide the required second batch. Instead, according to local officials and residents, the team moved on, in April this year, to Bilal Town, the suburb where Bin Laden lived.

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"The risk is that vulnerable communities – anywhere – needing access to essential health services will understandably question the true motivation of medical workers and humanitarian aid," said Unni Karunakara, MSF's international president. "The potential consequence is that even basic healthcare, including vaccination, does not reach those who need it most."

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"It is challenging enough for health agencies and humanitarian aid workers to gain access to, and the trust of, communities, especially populations already sceptical of the motives of any outside assistance," said MSF. "Deceptive use of medical care also endangers those who provide legitimate and essential health services."

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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/14/cia-fake-vaccination-medecins-frontieres

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Also noted in this news article is that Pakistan has the largest polio problem worldwide. To the people there who already view American presence in their region with grave suspicion, the intensely negative impact of this bogus vaccination program may be felt very acutely.



Earlier thread as the news of this CIA action first emerged on July 11, 2011 is here.

[Kaleko]

1. The depravity of these spooks is

breathtaking. Even after getting used to news like this.

[kickysnana]

2. I believe this is why we are known as the "Great Satan". Hard argue with this going on. n/t