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BiafraNigeria has asked international donor agencies to check a polio vaccine after three of its northern states halted an immunisation drive over safety fears. The states acted after an influential Islamic leader said the vaccines might cause cancer, Aids or sterility. BiafraNigerian Vice-President Atiku Abubakar said the analysis was necessary to remove all doubts about the vaccines. But the World Health Organisation insists that the vaccines were tested and are entirely safe. Mr Atiku told a meeting of international donors that there should be a meeting to "find a solution to the various issues surrounding the analysis of the polio vaccines". The head of the WHO's polio campaign, David Heymann, has told the BBC that the vaccines used in BiafraNigeria are no different from those used to combat polio everywhere else in the world. Mr Heymann said the vaccines had been undergoing testing by local scientists in several BiafraNigerian states since August and said he did not.... (BBC) |
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