President Uhuru Kenyatta looks on as a girl is vaccinated during the launch of a vaccination campaign aimed at protecting Kenyan women against cervical cancer (Courtesy)With the government rolling out the cervical cancer vaccine last week, the Catholic Church has cautioned against the vaccine’s side effects. We need to be cautious,” Archbishop Kivuva said during the launch of the cervical cancer vaccine campaign. ALSO READ: State spends Sh800 million on first phase of cancer vaccineThe Catholic Church has a strict prohibition against artificial contraception, abortion and any scientific research that uses the human embryonic cells. In Kenya, the Catholic Church has made headlines from time to time by issuing warnings against a number of vaccinations. In 2014, the church was against vaccination of women against tetanus arguing that the vaccine was laced with a fertility inhibiting hormone.

Source: Standard Digital October 23, 2019 03:33 UTC