09/01/2020
At-risk countries, Social mobilization, Surveillance, Vaccination campaigns
Lake Chad Region
1 camp down, 3450 to go: Reaching nomadic settlements in the Lake Chad Basin
Ensuring nomadic children receive their polio vaccines is a formidable task.
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