KENYA
Daily Nation
By EUNICE KILONZO
By SAMUEL KARANJA
The Catholic Church was told on Wednesday to stay away from the polio vaccine debate.
Health Cabinet Secretary James Macharia said the arguments over the vaccine’s safety “will cause total confusion and children will continue dying”.
Speaking when he launched a document on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, the CS appealed to the church to let medical experts do their work.
“We respect the church but if we try to manage health through individual beliefs, it will be difficult. Let us look at the bigger picture as this is a global campaign,” he said.
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