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Article: Nigeria to Test Polio Vaccines for HIV
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- October 30, 2003
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DULUE MBACHU, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
10-30-2003
Dateline: LAGOS, Nigeria
Nigerian authorities said Wednesday polio vaccines recently administered in a nationwide campaign will undergo laboratory testing to calm fears about AIDS.
Vice President Abubakar Atiku ordered testing on the vaccines for agents that could spread HIV or sterility, Nigeria's state television reported. An official in Atiku's office, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed the order.
Health workers on Friday launched a drive to immunize 15 million African children at immediate risk of contracting polio _ an effort hampered in Nigeria by an assertion by Islamic radicals the vaccination drive is part of a ...
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