Sense documents
Sense Response to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics; Consultation Paper - Public Health: Ethical Issues (2006)
Sense's position statement on MMR
MMR – Key Facts: a briefing for all parliamentary candidates (2005)
History of Sense Immunisation activity (2008)
Congenital Rubella Syndrome – Surveillance in the UK (2005)
MMR – a British disease or are there worldwide connections? (2007)
Sense Public Policy on rubella (pdf, 136kb)
Useful websites
Health Protection Agency
The HPA produce quarterly and annual data showing the incidence of the wild rubella virus in the UK.
National Congenital Rubella Surveillance Programme (NCRSP)
Congenital rubella births are reported to the programme and so historical and current data is available. Those involved with the programme write extensively about rubella, particularly in relation to susceptibility to rubella in women of child bearing age, surveillance, congenital infection in pregnancy and inadvertent rubella vaccination in pregnancy.
Department of Health
Providing health and social care policy, guidance and publications for NHS and social care professionals.
NHS
Information on conditions, treatments, local services and healthy living.
MMR the facts
Provides a range of information, including basic questions, a searchable library, and printable resources.
Immunisation
This site contains information for children, parents and health professionals about the science and history of immunisation and about the vaccines in the UK.
The Information centre
Authority that provides facts-and-figures to help the NHS and social services run effectively.
Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI)
An independent expert advisory committee first set up in 1963.
Jabs
Advice from the support group for vaccine damaged children.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
An agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. It works to protect public health and safety by providing information to enhance health decisions, and it promotes health through partnerships with state health departments and other organizations
Institute of Medicine
A United States National Academy that Provides national advice on issues relating to biomedical science, medicine, and health.
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Encourages and supports research with the aim of maintaining and improving human health.
Ben Goldacre
Ben Goldacre is a medical doctor who writes for the Guardian, the BMJ and more on pseudoscience and medicine in culture.
Brian Deer
Brian Deer is a British investigative reporter, best known for inquiries into the drug industry, medicine and social issues for the Sunday Times of London
