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Controversial polio vaccines are safe, Nigerian president says.
2004 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Independent tests on controversial polio vaccines used in Nigeria show they are safe, Nigeria's president said March 17, 2004, in a bid to ease Muslim fears the vaccines are contaminated with HIV and other deadly diseases.
President Olusegun Obasanjo told reporters March 17, 2004, the test results "categorically attest to the safety of the oral polio vaccine and clears it of contamination by HIV, cancerous agents and anti-fertility agents."
Obasjanjo said the tests, conducted in South Africa, India and Indonesia, were consistent with the results of similar tests carried out earlier in Nigeria.
Many Muslims in the north have boycotted polio immunization campaigns because radical Islamic leaders said they were tainted with cancer-causing agents, the virus that causes AIDS and sterilizing chemicals in an alleged U.S. plot to decimate Muslim populations.
A number of states in the north suspended polio immunization after one them, Kano, said its scientists found trace levels of estadiol, a form of the female hormone estrogen, in samples of the vaccines used in Nigeria.
Obasanjo said the next polio immunization campaign, on May 23-26, would be conducted with "the highest commitment and dedication possible" to halt the spread of polio in Nigeria. Nigeria is one of the last reservoirs of the disease worldwide.
Mohammed Maccido, a Muslim leader, appeared at the news conference alongside Obasanjo and said he ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Controversial polio vaccines are safe, Nigerian president says.