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International News Nigerian Tests Show Polio Vaccines Do Not Contain Harmful HormonesNovember 18, 2003 Nigeria's National Hospital in Abuja said tests showed that polio vaccines used recently in a nationwide vaccination campaign do not contain hormones linked to infertility and sterility, despite persistent fears to the contrary among Nigerian Muslim fundamentalists. Hospital administrators did not say whether the vaccines were also being checked for HIV, about which Islamic radicals had also expressed concern. Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar ordered the tests after UN officials said an international drive to eradicate polio was being hampered in Nigeria by the assertion of Islamic fundamentalists that the vaccine drive was part of a U.S. plan to decimate the Muslim population by spreading AIDS and infertility. Associated Press 11.17.03; Gilbert Da Costa  This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.
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