BMJ 2025; 390 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r1710 (Published 11 August 2025)
https://www.bmj.com/content/390/bmj.r1710
'Italy’s health minister has appointed two doctors with anti-vaccine views as advisers on immunisation policy, sending shockwaves through the country’s scientific community...'
COMMENT (NPW): This news item does not comment on how this relates to what is happening simultaneously in the United States, but there appears to be a parallel between the two countries. Which countries have the highest levels of vaccine hesitancy or refusal, and to what extent do their governments add to the problem?
HIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is coordinator of HIFA (Healthcare Information For All), a global health community that brings all stakeholders together around the shared goal of universal access to reliable healthcare information. HIFA has 20,000 members in 180 countries, interacting in four languages and representing all parts of the global evidence ecosystem. HIFA is administered by Global Healthcare Information Network, a UK-based nonprofit in official relations with the World Health Organization. Email: neil@hifa.org