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Tetanus Vaccines: What you need to know

Despite claims online, there鈥檚 no evidence the jabs make you infertile.

There鈥檚 loads of misinformation online about vaccines. For years, there have been false claims about the tetanus jab causing infertility. One of our listeners, Henry, got in touch to ask us if they were true. Fauziyya Tukur, a 麻豆社 Disinformation journalist in Abuja, looks into the claims with us.

The 麻豆社's medical editor, Fergus Walsh explains why vaccine hesitancy is on the rise around the world - and the impact vaccines have had on global health. And we hear from Sahar Baloch, a 麻豆社 journalist in Islamabad, who talks about efforts to eradicate polio in Pakistan, amid misinformation about the jab (fuelled in part by a CIA fake vaccine campaign to seek out Osama bin Laden!).

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Presenter: Alex Rhodes
Producers: Julia Ross-Roy and Maria Clara Montoya
Editors: Verity Wilde and Simon Peeks

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Wed 10 Jul 2024 02:50GMT

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