SOURCE
Vaccination Safety, National Vaccine Information Center C-SPAN Nov 7th 2002.
Kihura Nkuba is the founder of Greater African Radio and president of The East African World Broadcasters Association and director of the Pan African Center For Strategic and International Studies.
talk given by Kihura Nkuba at the National Vaccine Information Center's
"Third International Public Conference on Vaccination"
November 7-9, 2002 - Arlington, Virginia, aired on C-Span 2 on November 7, 2002.
Contact Kihura Nkuba through Barbara Loe Fisher at The National Vaccine Information Center
421-E Church Street
Vienna, VA 22180
phone: 703-938-0342
fax: 703-938-5768
INTRODUCTION by Barbara L. Fisher:
We're now going to look at oral polio vaccination conducted in Africa. Our next speaker, known in the pan-African world as Kihura Nkuba, which means "one who handcuffs lightning and puts thunder in jail", is founder of Greater African Radio and president of the East African World Broadcasters Association, and director of the Pan-African Center for Strategic and International Studies. Several years ago he began hearing from villagers who were being subjected to repeated forced live oral polio vaccinations despite reports of injuries and death among the children. On his radio program he began to speak out and questioned the safety of giving the children - especially children with HIV - so many live oral polio vaccinations, rather than giving them the safer "killed" polio vaccine used in the U.S. and Canada. Since that time, he tells me, he has been persecuted by the government, World Health Organization and UNICEF, and his radio station has been driven into bankruptcy. Kihura is appearing here at great personal and professional risk to tell his story. It is my great honor and privilege to introduce you to the recipient of the National Vaccine Information Center's humanitarian award - my good friend and colleague, Kihura Nkuba.
Several years ago he began hearing from villagers who were being subjected to repeated forced live polio oral vaccinations despite reports of injuries and deaths among the children. On his radio program he began to speak out and question the safety of giving the children, especially the children with HIV, so many live oral polio vaccinations rather than giving them the safer killed polio vaccines used in the U.S and Canada. Since that time he has been persecuted by the government, UNICEF, The World Health Organisation (WHO), and his radio station has been driven into bankruptcy. There had even been an attempt made on his life. Kihura had appeared at this presentation at great personal and professional risk in order to tell his story.
Vaccination Safety, National Vaccine Information Center C-SPAN Nov 7th 2002.
