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A nurse at Uasin Gishu District Hospital, Eldoret town, administers
tetanus vaccine. The clergy has been warning women against tetanus jabs
claiming it had proof that the vaccine is a population control tool.
PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
By LYNET IGADWAH, ligadwah@ke.nationmedia.com
In Summary
- The Catholic Church has been adamant that the vaccine contained traces of hCG antibodies which make women incapable of sustaining pregnancy.
Claims that a tetanus vaccine administered on women
can cause sterility has been dismissed after the Ministry of Health said
lab results had proved the claims wrong.
The Catholic Church has been adamant that the vaccine
contained traces of hCG antibodies which make women incapable of
sustaining pregnancy. The clergy has been warning women against getting
tetanus jabs claiming they had proof that the vaccine is a population
control tool. The vaccination campaign is spearheaded by the government
and the World Health Organisation (WHO).
“We ordered two lab tests and the results came in
yesterday showing no traces of hCG in the tetanus vaccines,” said
Nicholas Muraguri, the Director of Medical Services when he appeared
before National Assembly Committee on Health.
Mr Muraguri recommended that disciplinary action be
taken against Bishop Stephen Karanja of the Kenya Catholic Doctors
Association whom he blamed for raising false alarm against the vaccine.
Seme MP, James Nyikal queried why the Ministry had
not shared the lab results with the public given the gravity of the
issue and the lives it affects.
The church has insisted that they commissioned
laboratory tests on samples of the vaccines and determined that they
were risky. However, Bishop Paul Kariuki Njiru, the Catholic Health
Commission chairman, alongside his colleagues Bishop Joseph Mbatia and
Dr Stephen Karanja of the Kenya Catholic Doctors Association, have been
at pains to explain details of this research.
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