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Tetanus jab saga exposes serious flaws in Kenya's handling of medical products

The tetanus vaccine contest between the Government and the Catholic Church exposes a strong foreign hand driving the health sector, overly casual public officers and a suspicious clergy, missing key scientific sign posts.

The Government has refuted claims by the church that a tetanus vaccine being administered to women and girls aged between 14 to 49, is also being used to secretly sterilise them.

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