The commission, part of the larger Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops, is mandated to provide leadership on emerging health challenges to the Catholic Church, among other roles. By EUNICE KILONZOMore by this AuthorA team from the Catholic Church will this week meet representatives from the Ministry of Health to discuss the upcoming polio vaccination campaign targeting 2.9 million children in 15 counties, the Nation has exclusively learnt. The move is intended to ensure that all vaccines given to children are “safe and of good quality”, a representative of the Catholic Health Commission of Kenya said. The commission, part of the larger Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops, is mandated to provide leadership on emerging health challenges to the Catholic Church, among other roles. According to the Ministry of Health, there was also the question of lack of enough resources for the campaign.

Source: Daily Nation January 14, 2017 23:21 UTC