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The prevention of infectious disease remains one of the most difficult areas of medicine, with no perfect solution in sight. The term homoeopathic vaccination is a misnomer. Vaccination, a well understood medical term, relies on antibody formation. Homoeopathic medicines do not rely on antibody formation. They affect the patient’s initial pre-disposition to an illness, rather than the antibody/antigen reaction. There is a long history in homoeopathy of disease prevention, using minuscule doses of the disease material for disease protection. When a homoeopathic medicine is given to help protect the patient against infectious diseases, the correct description is “Homoeoprophylaxis”.

Practitioners have a duty of care to educate patients regarding the various options available for disease prevention and to ensure that patients make informed choices in such matters.

A range of reference information regarding vaccination & immunisation issues is provided below from a variety of sources:

 
PROFESSION POSITION STATEMENT
Homoeoprophylaxis Position Statement AROH Position Statement on Vaccination & Homoeoprophylaxis. 
Homoeoprophylaxis Consent Form Consent form to be used by practitioners for consultations involving homeoprophylaxis. 
 
CLINICAL TRIALS
Brazilian Clinical Trials (1998) Homoeoprophylaxis - Use of Meningococcinum 
Brazilian Clinical Trials 'Homoeopathic Links' (2001), detailing a study on a population of 65,826 for meningococcal disease . 
 
INFORMATION RESOURCES
Australian Vaccination Network Extensive referenced resources to inform parents about the effects of vaccination. 
Post-Vaccination Syndrome Dr Tinus Smits - the use of homoeopathy in the treatment of Post-Vaccination Syndrome 
 
GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
Australian Immunisation Handbook Essential Government information about immunisation - 8th Edition 2003 [Downloadable - 309 pages] 
Aust Government Guidelines to Vaccination Contains the current vaccination schedule, including the symptoms of each disease. 
Vaccine Ingredients Listings of vaccines currently in use & their ingredients.