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[post_content] => The Homeopathy Research Institute has described the decision by Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to finally release its first report on homeopathy some seven years after it was originally produced as ‘a victory for transparency’.
The 2012 Homeopathy Review originally concluded that there was “encouraging evidence for the effectiveness of homeopathy” in five medical conditions.
But despite concerted campaigns by the homeopathic community and the Australian public, however, the NHMRC had steadfastly declined to release the full draft of the report at the time.
In addition to this move, NHMRC CEO Professor Anne Kelso has gone on record to say the organisation’s second Homeopathy Review published three years later “did not conclude that homeopathy was ineffective”, despite claims to the contrary by some sceptics and sections of the media.
"For over three years, NHMRC has refused to release the 2012 draft report on homeopathy, despite Freedom of Information requests and even requests by members of the Australian Senate," said Rachel Roberts, HRI Chief Executive. "To see this document finally seeing the light of day is a major win for transparency and public accountability in research."
The Society of Homeopaths, through 4Homeopathy, has also made strenuous efforts to to help the Australian homeopathy community in its campaign and Chief Executive Mark Taylor (right) welcomed the announcement of the report's publication.
"Withholding the first report suggested there might have been something to hide or a cause for embarrassment somewhere along the line," he said. "Further to that, the conclusions of the 2015 report had the potential to have been extremely damaging to our community as it boldly stated there were no health conditions for which there was ‘reliable evidence that homeopathy is effective’.
"The subsequent headlines around the world perpetuated that belief. The new clarification by Professor Kelso goes some way to correcting that misapprehension. Combined with the delayed release of the original review, it goes some way to setting the record straight."
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The Homeopathy Research Institute has described the decision by Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to finally release its first report on homeopathy some seven years after it was originally produced as ‘a victory for transparency’.
The 2012 Homeopathy Review originally concluded that there was “encouraging evidence for the effectiveness of homeopathy” in five medical conditions.
But despite concerted campaigns by the homeopathic community and the Australian public, however, the NHMRC had steadfastly declined to release the full draft of the report at the time.
In addition to this move, NHMRC CEO Professor Anne Kelso has gone on record to say the organisation’s second Homeopathy Review published three years later “did not conclude that homeopathy was ineffective”, despite claims to the contrary by some sceptics and sections of the media.
“For over three years, NHMRC has refused to release the 2012 draft report on homeopathy, despite Freedom of Information requests and even requests by members of the Australian Senate,” said Rachel Roberts, HRI Chief Executive. “To see this document finally seeing the light of day is a major win for transparency and public accountability in research.”
The Society of Homeopaths, through 4Homeopathy, has also made strenuous efforts to to help the Australian homeopathy community in its campaign and Chief Executive Mark Taylor (right) welcomed the announcement of the report’s publication.
“Withholding the first report suggested there might have been something to hide or a cause for embarrassment somewhere along the line,” he said. “Further to that, the conclusions of the 2015 report had the potential to have been extremely damaging to our community as it boldly stated there were no health conditions for which there was ‘reliable evidence that homeopathy is effective’.
“The subsequent headlines around the world perpetuated that belief. The new clarification by Professor Kelso goes some way to correcting that misapprehension. Combined with the delayed release of the original review, it goes some way to setting the record straight.”