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No (Wo)man Is an Island – Polio Vaccination in Northern Nigeria


Posted by syahirah on 06 Jun 2013 / 0 Comments
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I recently came across this video by UNICEF Nigeria about a community’s difficulty in getting all of their children vaccinated against polio. Polio mainly affects children under the age of five, where it can cause muscle weakness, irreversible paralysis, and death. This video recounts the story of a small settlement called Hawan Dawaki in the […]

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