Catholic Church cautions government on newly launched cervical cancer vaccine

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. 

The Catholic Health Commission (CHC), through Archbishop Martin Kivuva of Mombasa Diocese, cautions that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has side-effects that the government ought to consider even as it rolls out the campaign.