World Health Organization acerta com relação à homeopatia

Depois da vergonhosa (e perigosa) atuação das autoridades sanitárias brasileiras (tanto o Conselho Regional de Medicina quanto o Ministério da Saúde reconhecem a homeopatia como um tratamento válido), finalmente alguma organização relacionada à saúde acertou ao dizer que a homeopatia não é uma cura ou tratamento.

Trata-se da World Health Organization (WHO), que é a autoridade diretora e coordenadora para saúde da ONU. Como relata a BBC, foi emitido um comunicado claro e inequívoco que condena o uso da homeopatia como tratamento para tuberculose, diarreia, malária e outras condições:

Dr Mario Raviglione, director of the Stop TB department at the WHO, said: “Our evidence-based WHO TB treatment/management guidelines, as well as the International Standards of Tuberculosis Care do not recommend use of homeopathy.”

The doctors had also complained that homeopathy was being promoted as a treatment for diarrhoea in children.

But a spokesman for the WHO department of child and adolescent health and development said: “We have found no evidence to date that homeopathy would bring any benefit.

“Homeopathy does not focus on the treatment and prevention of dehydration – in total contradiction with the scientific basis and our recommendations for the management of diarrhoea.”

Dr Nick Beeching, a specialist in infectious diseases at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, said: “Infections such as malaria, HIV and tuberculosis all have a high mortality rate but can usually be controlled or cured by a variety of proven treatments, for which there is ample experience and scientific trial data.

“There is no objective evidence that homeopathy has any effect on these infections, and I think it is irresponsible for a healthcare worker to promote the use of homeopathy in place of proven treatment for any life-threatening illness.”

Via Depleted Cranium.