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Internet video delivery of the international symposium” The Current Status of Worldwide Injuries from the HPV Vaccine"

2018-04-26

Medwatcher Japan launched Internet video delivery of the international symposium” The Current Status of Worldwide Injuries from the HPV Vaccine".
This symposium held in Tokyo on March 24, 2018, and successfully completed with 340 participants.

In the first part of the symposium "Report from each countries"
�� From Japan, Masumi Minaguchi, Secretary-General of Medwatcher Japan, Chair of attorneys for multi plaintiffs lawsuits for HPV vaccine victims, reported on fundamental problems of the HPV vaccine and the current situation in Japan,
�� From Colombia, Monica Leon del Rio, representative of “Rebuilding Hope Association HPV Vaccine Victims” and the attorney for class action lawsuit,
�� From Spain, Alicia Capilla, representative of “ Association of Affected People due to the HPV vaccines in Spain "(AAVP)
�� From the UK, Mandeep Badial, scientific officer of “ UK Association of HPV Vaccine Injured Daughters (AHVID)”
�� From Ireland, Anna Cannon, spokesperson of “ Reactions and Effects of Gardasil Resulting in Extreme Trauma (REGRET)”,
reported on the situation of victims HPV vaccine in each country.

In the panel discussion of Part 2, Nanami Sakai, the representative of the plaintiffs of the class action lawsuit in Japan and Dr. Hirokuni Beppu, deputy Representative of Medwatcher Japan, joined the panelists.
And Prof. Kunihiko Kumamoto and Masumi Minaguchi served as coordinators.

After symposium, Medwatcher Japan and the above victims’ association issued the joint statement.

Please click the links below and see the video of the symposium.
（The audio is based on simultaneous interpretation offered on the day）