View this email in your browser     ANH-Intl eAlert No 280 | 16 December 2015         e-ALERT     Grassroots pressure on HPV vaccine and natural medicine           Too many people feel disempowered by the society in which we find ourselves. “There’s nothing you can do,” they say, “Countries are now run by corporations, politicians and bureaucrats, none of which are answerable to a democratic process”. That might be the view of some, and it might even be the case much of the time. But it certainly isn’t all of the time. Our two pieces this week demonstrate this. The first deals with the issue of the complex neurological syndromes that are affecting more and more adolescent girls, the onset of which are being found (at least some of the time) to be associated with administration of the HPV vaccine. The symptoms range from reversible conditions, to chronic, long-term debilitating ones and even death. Find out more, especially if you are considering giving consent to have your child HPV vaccinated. Our second story this week relates to the derailing of the South African drugs laws that were about to hamstring natural medicines. It may have been too much of a hot potato (like the HPV vaccine?) for the South African Parliament to handle. But the law that would have required manufacturers to prove safety before marketing natural health products—enough to sink most of the sector—is at least in abeyance for now. Both these issues have been driven into prominence because of the activity of a few people who are not prepared to stand by. That’s why we always ask you to share our stories – it’s a key way of increasing awareness of the precarious situation in which we live, and the even more precarious future we leave for our children. In health, naturally Rob Verkerk, PhD Founder, executive & scientific director           Grassroots pressure against HPV vaccine grows New documentaries, political and scientific pressure push for more science to look for possible link with post-vaccination syndromes       Has South African anti-natural health law been derailed? We look at what’s behind the derailing of regulations that were set to restrict South Africans’ access to 80% of...       News Alerts: Week 51, 2015 EU fails to ban ‘dirty six’, UK pollution limits, ‘farmaceutical’ drug for rare disease, group meditation and societal stress, obesity...       It's nearly Christmas In the festive spirit of giving, we've made it so easy for you to donate to our work           HELP SUPPORT US BY FORWARDING TO A FRIEND               Copyright © 2015 Alliance for Natural Health International. Please share or forward this e-ALERT widely using any of the provided share tools. You may copy, reproduce, reprint or forward any content on the condition that attribution is made clearly to Alliance for Natural Health International including date and link to original content. Alliance for Natural Health International. The Atrium, Curtis Road, Dorking, Surrey RH4 1XA, UK   Unsubscribe