by Brenda Baletti, Ph.D., Childrens Health Defense:
The National Institutes of Health awarded $340,000 to test psychological tactics aimed at persuading South African fifth-graders and parents to accept the controversial HPV vaccine, according to documents obtained by Children’s Health Defense via a Freedom of Information Act request.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is funding research on how to boost the uptake of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine among fifth-grade boys and girls in South Africa, grant documents obtained by Children’s Health Defense (CHD) via a Freedom of Information Act request revealed.
The NIH awarded approximately $340,000 to principal investigators Dr. Ingrid Katz, a physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Massachusetts, and Lisa Michelle Butler, Ph.D., an epidemiologist at the University of Connecticut.