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Out of print vax book now available in library |
 Lismore’s head librarian Lucy Kinsley takes delivery of the four vaccination books for the region’s libraries. She is pictured with (l-r) NRDGP immunisation project officer Rachelle Deaker, Spike and public health nurse, Marianne Trent.
A worldwide hunt on the web recently turned up four copies of highly thought of, but out of print book, which will now be available to people on the Northern Rivers.
The Northern Rivers Division of General Practice has donated the books to the Richmond-Tweed and Richmond Upper Clarence libraries. Vaccination: the facts, the fears, the future, by Gordon Ada and David Isaacs, explains the nature of infectious diseases and the immune system, and how vaccinations work.
“This is an excellent and informative book on vaccination, which is unfortunately out of print,” says immunisation project officer Rachelle Deaker.
“Because it is so clear and thoughtful on immunisation issues, we have been trying to get copies of the book for a long time so that we could make this donation to the library.”
In Vaccination, immunologist Gordon Ada and paediatrician David Isaacs trace the history of immunisation and analyse the effectiveness and safety of those vaccines currently available. The authors also discuss in detail the associated risks of vaccination and the concerns of the anti-vaccination lobbyists.
The book can now be borrowed from any library in the Richmond, Tweed and Upper Clarence valleys.
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Date issued: 03/08/05
Media Contact: Katherine Breen Kurucsev, NRDGP, 6622 4453. Mobile 0404 46 30 49.
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