{"id":17311,"date":"2026-08-26T22:16:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T22:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/fact-check\/le-vaccin-contre-la-polio-rendrait-les-enfants-steriles-a-goma\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T22:16:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T22:16:19","slug":"le-vaccin-contre-la-polio-rendrait-les-enfants-steriles-a-goma","status":"publish","type":"vc_factcheck","link":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/fact-check\/le-vaccin-contre-la-polio-rendrait-les-enfants-steriles-a-goma\/","title":{"rendered":"The polio vaccine makes children sterile in Goma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The rumour has been circulating as voice notes since the launch of the vaccination campaign. It recycles an old narrative, which was already debunked during previous campaigns in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The oral vaccine used is prequalified by the World Health Organisation and is subject to adverse event monitoring. Expanded Programme on Immunisation records show no such signals.<\/p>\n<p>What is true: mild fever may occur within 48 hours. This is not a sign of sterilisation.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The WHO and the DRC Ministry of Health confirm that the vaccines used are safe and certified. No study establishes a link between polio vaccination and infertility.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_vc_claim":"Les vaccins administr\u00e9s aux enfants de Goma serviraient \u00e0 les rendre st\u00e9riles.","_vc_claim_original":"Ba vaccins oyo bazali kopesa bana na Goma eza pona koboma bana to kopesa bango bolela.","_vc_verdict":"false","_vc_language":"ln","_vc_region":"Goma (Nord-Kivu)","_vc_virality":89,"_vc_sources":"OMS \u2014 Innocuit\u00e9 des vaccins antipoliomy\u00e9litiques | https:\/\/www.who.int\/fr\/news-room\/questions-and-answers\nMinist\u00e8re de la Sant\u00e9 RDC \u2014 Programme \u00e9largi de vaccination | https:\/\/sante.gouv.cd\/\nUNICEF RDC \u2014 Campagne de vaccination Nord-Kivu | https:\/\/www.unicef.org\/drcongo\/","_vc_audio_claim":"","_vc_audio_verdict":"","_vc_submission_id":0,"_vc_reviewed_by":2,"_vc_reviewed_at":"2026-08-29 22:16:19","_vc_ai_assisted":0,"_vc_keywords":"","_vc_channel":"","footnotes":""},"vc_language":[179],"vc_verdict":[184],"vc_topic":[189],"vc_region":[194],"class_list":["post-17311","vc_factcheck","type-vc_factcheck","status-publish","hentry","vc_language-ln","vc_verdict-false","vc_topic-sante","vc_region-goma-nord-kivu","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/factchecks\/17311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/factchecks"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/vc_factcheck"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/factchecks\/17311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"vc_language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vc_language?post=17311"},{"taxonomy":"vc_verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vc_verdict?post=17311"},{"taxonomy":"vc_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vc_topic?post=17311"},{"taxonomy":"vc_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vc_region?post=17311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}