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Dr. Riko Muranaka was honoured with the 2017 John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science in recognition of her work to combat HPV vaccine denialism in Japan. Read her acceptance speech here to learn what happened in Japan to her. The news about the libel lawsuit against her was covered in Financial Times.

Petition against court action by Japanese anti-vaccine doctor

Find more about the John Maddox Prize 2017

Nature
“Women’s health champion, Dr Riko Muranaka, awarded the 2017 John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science”

Science
“Q&A: Japanese Japanese physician snares prize for battling antivaccine campaigners” by Dennis Normile

The Guardian
“Doctor wins 2017 John Maddox prize for countering HPV vaccine misinformation”
Riko Muranaka awarded prize for efforts to explain jabs’s safety amid scare campaigns which have seen Japanese vaccination rate fall from over 70% to 1%” by Ian Sample

Cornell Alliance for Science
“Japanese doctor wins global prize for standing up to anti-vaccine activists” Thursday, November 30, 2017 By Mark Lynas

BBC Radio4 Woman’s Hour
World Aids Day: Nozandulela ‘Nozi’ Samela; John Maddox Prize Winner; Party Socks

VOX
“Why Japan’s HPV vaccine rates dropped from 70% to near zero
And how one doctor is fighting back”