In Somalia, some parents say no to polio vaccine

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In this Tuesday May 28, 2013 photo, Somali vaccination workers give an anti polio drop to a child, in Mogadishu. Somalia. Al-Qaida-linked militants are fighting efforts to administer polio vaccine in mostly areas of Somalia they lost control, saying it contains the virus that causes AIDS or could render children infertile, in a campaign of words that is frustrating health workers. The alleged concerns of Shabab militants have discouraged many parents from having their children protected against a disease that is an incipient problem in the Horn of Africa nation long plagued by armed conflict and disease, according to health workers who spoke to The Associated Press, during the latest vaccination drive which ends Saturday, June 1, 2013.(AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Islamic extremist rebels are fighting a campaign in Somalia to administer a polio vaccine, charging that it contains the virus that causes AIDS or could make children sterile, a battle of words that is frustrating health workers.

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