MEDIA STATEMENT
BY THE
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY
IFP Asks DoH to Clarify Its Swine Flu Vaccine Strategy
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The IFP has noted with "relief" that, according to the World Health Organisation, the swine flu virus had not yet mutated into a more serious disease and that the development of vaccines was proceeding on track. IFP Health Spokesperson Hilda Msweli MP said: "The IFP believes that SA should not derive any false comfort from the WHO statement, as welcome as it is. Too often medical interventions are reactive after the horse has bolted. I think it would be good if the Health Minister could clarify the DoH's strategy." The IFP, however, called upon the Department of Health to clarify, firstly, which segments of the population were being targeted to receive the vaccine and, secondly, how the vaccine would be distributed. Further noting that that DoH budget is
perilously overstretched, the IFP also called upon the Minister
of Health to clarify whether global funding has been requested
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