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The '''World Council for Health''' is a [[Pseudo-medicine|pseudo-medical]] organisation dedicated to spreading [[COVID-19 misinformation|misinformation]] to discourage [[COVID-19 vaccination]], and promoting fake [[Treatment and management of COVID-19|COVID-19 treatments]].<ref>{{harvnb|Kerr|Cadegiani|Baldi|Lobo|2022}}, {{harvnb|Merlan|2022a}}, {{harvnb|Merlan|2022b}}.</ref>
| formation = {{start date and age|2021|09}}
| logo = World Council for Health logo.svg
| type = [[Nonprofit organization|Nonprofit]]
| headquarters = Bath, England
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| website = https://worldcouncilforhealth.org/
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}}The '''World Council for Health''' is a [[Pseudo-medicine|pseudo-medical]] organisation dedicated to spreading [[COVID-19 misinformation|misinformation]] to discourage [[COVID-19 vaccination]], and promoting fake [[Treatment and management of COVID-19|COVID-19 treatments]].<ref>{{harvnb|Kerr|Cadegiani|Baldi|Lobo|2022}}, {{harvnb|Merlan|2022a}}, {{harvnb|Merlan|2022b}}.</ref>


The organization's online appearance is that of a mainstream health organization.<ref name=Merlan2022a >{{harvnb|Merlan|2022a}}.</ref> It appears to have been formed in September 2021 and its published leadership contains people which an [[Australian Associated Press]] fact check described as "figures who have promoted unfounded conspiracy theories".<ref>{{harvnb|AAP|2022}}.</ref> The group was founded by [[Jennifer A. Hibberd]] and [[Tess Lawrie]], an [[obstetrician]] and founder of the "BIRD Group", which erroneously promotes [[ivermectin]] as a COVID-19 treatment.<ref>{{harvnb|Kerr|Cadegiani|Baldi|Lobo|2022}}, {{harvnb|Hume|2022}}, {{harvnb|Merlan|2021}}</ref>
The organization's online appearance is that of a mainstream health organization.<ref name=Merlan2022a >{{harvnb|Merlan|2022a}}.</ref> It appears to have been formed in September 2021 and its published leadership contains people which an [[Australian Associated Press]] fact check described as "figures who have promoted unfounded conspiracy theories".<ref name="AAP 2022">{{harvnb|AAP|2022}}.</ref> The group was founded by [[Jennifer A. Hibberd]] and [[Tess Lawrie]], an [[obstetrician]] and founder of the "BIRD Group", which erroneously promotes [[ivermectin]] as a COVID-19 treatment.<ref>{{harvnb|Kerr|Cadegiani|Baldi|Lobo|2022}}, {{harvnb|Hume|2022}}, {{harvnb|Merlan|2021}}</ref>


The World Council for Health is affiliated with [[Children's Health Defense]], an [[antivaccine]] association led by [[Robert F. Kennedy Jr.]],<ref name=Merlan2021>{{harvnb|Merlan|2021}}</ref> and [[World Doctors Alliance]], an independent organization of anti-vaccine school.
The World Council for Health is affiliated with [[Children's Health Defense]], an [[antivaccine]] association led by [[Robert F. Kennedy Jr.]]<ref name=Merlan2021>{{harvnb|Merlan|2021}}</ref>


== Activities ==
== Activities ==
{{further|Ivermectin during the COVID-19 pandemic}}
{{further|Ivermectin during the COVID-19 pandemic}}


The World Council for Health promotes misinformation linking COVID-19 vaccination with death.<ref name="Carballo-Carbajal">{{harvnb|Carballo-Carbajal|2022}}.</ref> In 2021 the group promoted claims on social media of a "multi-system inflammatory condition" which they called "Post-COVID injection syndrome". The condition is however not recognized in medical science, and there is no evidence any such condition is caused by vaccination.<ref>{{harvnb|AAP|2022}}.</ref>
The World Council for Health promotes misinformation linking COVID-19 vaccination with death.<ref name="Carballo-Carbajal">{{harvnb|Carballo-Carbajal|2022}}.</ref> In 2021 the group promoted claims on social media of a "multi-system inflammatory condition" which they called "Post-COVID injection syndrome". The condition is however not recognized in medical science, and there is no evidence any such condition is caused by vaccination.<ref name="AAP 2022"/>


In May 2022 the group was involved in a conference in [[Bath (England)|Bath, England]] which ''Vice World News'' described as a meeting of the "biggest names in the global anti-vax and coronavirus conspiracy scenes". The local authorities withdrew permission to use their venues after reviewing the publicity of the World Council for Health falsely claiming that COVID-19 vaccines were unsafe.<ref>{{harvnb|Hume|2022}}.</ref>
In May 2022 the group was involved in a conference in [[Bath (England)|Bath, England]] which ''Vice World News'' described as a meeting of the "biggest names in the global anti-vax and coronavirus conspiracy scenes". The local authorities withdrew permission to use their venues after reviewing the publicity of the World Council for Health falsely claiming that COVID-19 vaccines were unsafe.<ref>{{harvnb|Hume|2022}}.</ref>


In July 2022, the US-cardiologist [[Peter A. McCullough|Peter McCullough]], an anti-vaccine advocate, falsely claimed that vaccinations have been globally recalled due to more than 40,000 deaths worldwide at the request of the World Council for Health. However, the [[Food and Drug Administration]] had not listed any recalls for the four Covid-19 vaccines authorised in the US, as confirmed in an email by Abby Capobianco, an agency spokesperson, to AFP.<ref>{{cite web |title=US cardiologist falsely promotes Covid-19 vaccine recall |url=https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.32EZ82K |website=AFP Fact Check |access-date=4 August 2023 |language=en |date=26 July 2022}}</ref>
In July 2022, the US-cardiologist [[Peter A. McCullough|Peter McCullough]], an anti-vaccine advocate, falsely claimed that vaccinations have been globally recalled due to more than 40,000 deaths worldwide at the request of the World Council for Health. However, the [[Food and Drug Administration]] had not listed any recalls for the four COVID-19 vaccines authorised in the US, as confirmed in an email by Abby Capobianco, an agency spokesperson, to AFP.<ref>{{harvnb|AFP|2023}}.</ref>


The UK cardiologist Aseem Malhotra called in September 2022 for the "immediate and complete suspension of Covid-19 vaccine” in a press conference with the World Council for Health, because of "a greater risk of serious adverse events from the vaccines than being hospitalised from COVID-19", repeating his conclusions in a narrative review article in the Journal of Insulin resistance. However, his findings were based on anecdotal evidence, low-quality studies and cherry-picking, where mainly studies that suggested a negative effect of COVID-19 vaccines were cited, and the broader body of evidence showing that the vaccines are safe and effective was not acknowledged.<ref name="Carballo-Carbajal"/><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Malhotra |first1=Aseem |title=Curing the pandemic of misinformation on COVID-19 mRNA vaccines through real evidence-based medicine - Part 1 |journal=Journal of Insulin Resistance |date=26 September 2022 |volume=5 |issue=1 |doi=10.4102/jir.v5i1.71|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Goldhamer |first1=Marisha |title=UK cardiologist misleads on Covid-19 vaccine safety |url=https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.32L483D |website=Fact Check |publisher=AFP |access-date=4 August 2023 |language=en |date=14 October 2022}}</ref>
The UK cardiologist Aseem Malhotra called in September 2022 for the "immediate and complete suspension of Covid-19 vaccine” in a press conference with the World Council for Health, because of "a greater risk of serious adverse events from the vaccines than being hospitalised from COVID-19", repeating his conclusions in a narrative review article in the Journal of Insulin resistance. However, his findings were based on anecdotal evidence, low-quality studies and cherry-picking, where mainly studies that suggested a negative effect of COVID-19 vaccines were cited, and the broader body of evidence showing that the vaccines are safe and effective was not acknowledged.<ref name="Carballo-Carbajal"/><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Malhotra |first1=Aseem |title=Curing the pandemic of misinformation on COVID-19 mRNA vaccines through real evidence-based medicine - Part 1 |journal=Journal of Insulin Resistance |date=26 September 2022 |volume=5 |issue=1 |doi=10.4102/jir.v5i1.71|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Goldhamer |first1=Marisha |title=UK cardiologist misleads on Covid-19 vaccine safety |url=https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.32L483D |website=Fact Check |publisher=AFP |access-date=4 August 2023 |language=en |date=14 October 2022}}</ref>


The group promotes ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19, although research has determined it is ineffective for this purpose.<ref name=Merlan2022b>{{harvnb|Merlan|2022b}}; ''for effectiveness see'' {{harvnb|Popp|Reis|Schießer|Hausinger|2022}}.</ref>
The group promotes ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19, although research has determined it is ineffective for this purpose.<ref name=Merlan2022b>{{harvnb|Merlan|2022b}}; ''for effectiveness see'' {{harvnb|Popp|Reis|Schießer|Hausinger|2022}}.</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance]]
* [[Health Advisory and Recovery Team]]
* [[Children's Health Defense]]
* [[World Doctors Alliance]]


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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* AAP FactCheck. {{cite web |ref={{harvid|AAP|2022}} |title=Post COVID-19 injection syndrome is only 'garbled misinformation' |date=22 October 2021 |url=https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/post-covid-19-injection-syndrome-is-only-garbled-misinformation/ }}
* AAP FactCheck. {{cite web |ref={{harvid|AAP|2022}} |title=Post COVID-19 injection syndrome is only 'garbled misinformation' |date=22 October 2021 |url=https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/post-covid-19-injection-syndrome-is-only-garbled-misinformation/ }}
* AFP Fact Check. {{cite web |ref={{harvid|AFP|2023}} |title=US cardiologist falsely promotes Covid-19 vaccine recall |url=https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.32EZ82K |website=AFP Fact Check |access-date=4 August 2023 |language=en |date=26 July 2022}}
* AFP Fact Check. {{cite web |ref={{harvid|AFP|2023}} |title=US cardiologist falsely promotes Covid-19 vaccine recall |url=https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.32EZ82K |website=AFP Fact Check |access-date=4 August 2023 |language=en |date=26 July 2022}}
* {{cite web |title=Article by cardiologist Aseem Malhotra made unsupported claims about the benefits and risks of COVID-19 vaccination |vauthors=Carballo-Carbajal I |publisher=Health Feedback|url=https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/article-by-cardiologist-aseem-malhotra-made-unsupported-claims-about-benefits-risks-covid-19-vaccination/ |date=6 October 2022}}
* {{cite web |title=Article by cardiologist Aseem Malhotra made unsupported claims about the benefits and risks of COVID-19 vaccination |vauthors=Carballo-Carbajal I |website=Science Feedback |publisher=Health Feedback|url=https://science.feedback.org/review/article-by-cardiologist-aseem-malhotra-made-unsupported-claims-about-benefits-risks-covid-19-vaccination/ |date=6 October 2022 |access-date=16 September 2024}}
* {{cite web |vauthors=Hume T |title=The Davos of COVID Conspiracy Theorists Is Happening in a UK Town Right Now |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/akvxpp/covid-antivax-better-way-conference |date=20 May 2022 |publisher=Vice}}
* {{cite web |vauthors=Hume T |title=The Davos of COVID Conspiracy Theorists Is Happening in a UK Town Right Now |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/akvxpp/covid-antivax-better-way-conference |date=20 May 2022 |publisher=Vice}}
* {{cite web |publisher=Vice |title=Anti-Vaxxers Are Making a Play for the Hearts, Minds, and Wombs of Young Women |vauthors=Merlan A |date=26 October 2021 |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjbdyb/anti-vaxxer-fertility-evie-magazine-classical-femininity}}
* {{cite web |publisher=Vice |title=Anti-Vaxxers Are Making a Play for the Hearts, Minds, and Wombs of Young Women |vauthors=Merlan A |date=26 October 2021 |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjbdyb/anti-vaxxer-fertility-evie-magazine-classical-femininity}}
* {{cite journal |vauthors=Kerr L, Cadegiani FA, Baldi F, Lobo RB, Assagra WL, Proença FC, Kory P, Hibberd JA, Chamie-Quintero JJ |title=Correction: Ivermectin Prophylaxis Used for COVID-19: A Citywide, Prospective, Observational Study of 223,128 Subjects Using Propensity Score Matching |journal=Cureus |volume=14 |issue=3 |pages=c61 |date=March 2022 |pmid=35371877 |pmc=8947948 |doi=10.7759/cureus.c61 |type=Erratum |display-authors=5}}
* {{cite journal |vauthors=Kerr L, Cadegiani FA, Baldi F, Lobo RB, Assagra WL, Proença FC, Kory P, Hibberd JA, Chamie-Quintero JJ |title=Correction: Ivermectin Prophylaxis Used for COVID-19: A Citywide, Prospective, Observational Study of 223,128 Subjects Using Propensity Score Matching |journal=Cureus |volume=14 |issue=3 |pages=c61 |date=March 2022 |pmid=35371877 |pmc=8947948 |doi=10.7759/cureus.c61 |doi-access=free |type=Erratum |display-authors=5}}
* {{cite web |publisher=Vice |title=Mysterious Medical Organizations Are Calling for an End to COVID Vaccines |vauthors=Merlan A |date=22 February 2022a |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7nqm7/mysterious-medical-organizations-are-calling-for-an-end-to-covid-vaccines}}
* {{cite web |publisher=Vice |title=Mysterious Medical Organizations Are Calling for an End to COVID Vaccines |vauthors=Merlan A |date=22 February 2022a |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7nqm7/mysterious-medical-organizations-are-calling-for-an-end-to-covid-vaccines}}
* {{cite web |publisher=Vice |title=Anti-Vaxxers Pivot to 'Treating' Long COVID |vauthors=Merlan A |date=17 June 2022b |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkgybz/anti-vaxxers-pivot-to-treating-long-covid}}
* {{cite web |publisher=Vice |title=Anti-Vaxxers Pivot to 'Treating' Long COVID |vauthors=Merlan A |date=17 June 2022b |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkgybz/anti-vaxxers-pivot-to-treating-long-covid}}
* {{cite journal |vauthors=Popp M, Reis S, Schießer S, Hausinger RI, Stegemann M, Metzendorf MI, Kranke P, Meybohm P, Skoetz N, Weibel S |title=Ivermectin for preventing and treating COVID-19 |journal=Cochrane Database Syst Rev |volume=2022 |issue= 6|pages=CD015017 |date=June 2022 |pmid=35726131 |pmc=9215332 |doi=10.1002/14651858.CD015017.pub3 |type=Systematic review |display-authors=5}}
* {{cite journal |vauthors=Popp M, Reis S, Schießer S, Hausinger RI, Stegemann M, Metzendorf MI, Kranke P, Meybohm P, Skoetz N, Weibel S |title=Ivermectin for preventing and treating COVID-19 |journal=Cochrane Database Syst Rev |volume=2022 |issue= 6|pages=CD015017 |date=June 2022 |pmid=35726131 |pmc=9215332 |doi=10.1002/14651858.CD015017.pub3 |type=Systematic review |display-authors=5}}
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://worldcouncilforhealth.org/}}

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== External links ==
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Latest revision as of 02:30, 2 December 2024

World Council for Health
FormationSeptember 2021; 3 years ago (2021-09)
TypeNonprofit
HeadquartersBath, England
Websitehttps://worldcouncilforhealth.org/

The World Council for Health is a pseudo-medical organisation dedicated to spreading misinformation to discourage COVID-19 vaccination, and promoting fake COVID-19 treatments.[1]

The organization's online appearance is that of a mainstream health organization.[2] It appears to have been formed in September 2021 and its published leadership contains people which an Australian Associated Press fact check described as "figures who have promoted unfounded conspiracy theories".[3] The group was founded by Jennifer A. Hibberd and Tess Lawrie, an obstetrician and founder of the "BIRD Group", which erroneously promotes ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment.[4]

The World Council for Health is affiliated with Children's Health Defense, an antivaccine association led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.[5]

Activities

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Further information: Ivermectin during the COVID-19 pandemic

The World Council for Health promotes misinformation linking COVID-19 vaccination with death.[6] In 2021 the group promoted claims on social media of a "multi-system inflammatory condition" which they called "Post-COVID injection syndrome". The condition is however not recognized in medical science, and there is no evidence any such condition is caused by vaccination.[3]

In May 2022 the group was involved in a conference in Bath, England which Vice World News described as a meeting of the "biggest names in the global anti-vax and coronavirus conspiracy scenes". The local authorities withdrew permission to use their venues after reviewing the publicity of the World Council for Health falsely claiming that COVID-19 vaccines were unsafe.[7]

In July 2022, the US-cardiologist Peter McCullough, an anti-vaccine advocate, falsely claimed that vaccinations have been globally recalled due to more than 40,000 deaths worldwide at the request of the World Council for Health. However, the Food and Drug Administration had not listed any recalls for the four COVID-19 vaccines authorised in the US, as confirmed in an email by Abby Capobianco, an agency spokesperson, to AFP.[8]

The UK cardiologist Aseem Malhotra called in September 2022 for the "immediate and complete suspension of Covid-19 vaccine” in a press conference with the World Council for Health, because of "a greater risk of serious adverse events from the vaccines than being hospitalised from COVID-19", repeating his conclusions in a narrative review article in the Journal of Insulin resistance. However, his findings were based on anecdotal evidence, low-quality studies and cherry-picking, where mainly studies that suggested a negative effect of COVID-19 vaccines were cited, and the broader body of evidence showing that the vaccines are safe and effective was not acknowledged.[6][9][10]

The group promotes ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19, although research has determined it is ineffective for this purpose.[11]

Notes

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  1. ^ Kerr et al. 2022, Merlan 2022a, Merlan 2022b.
  2. ^ Merlan 2022a.
  3. ^ a b AAP 2022.
  4. ^ Kerr et al. 2022, Hume 2022, Merlan 2021
  5. ^ Merlan 2021
  6. ^ a b Carballo-Carbajal 2022.
  7. ^ Hume 2022.
  8. ^ AFP 2023.
  9. ^ Malhotra, Aseem (26 September 2022). "Curing the pandemic of misinformation on COVID-19 mRNA vaccines through real evidence-based medicine - Part 1". Journal of Insulin Resistance. 5 (1). doi:10.4102/jir.v5i1.71.
  10. ^ Goldhamer, Marisha (14 October 2022). "UK cardiologist misleads on Covid-19 vaccine safety". Fact Check. AFP. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  11. ^ Merlan 2022b; for effectiveness see Popp et al. 2022.

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