12/07/2018
At-risk countries, Broader benefits of the polio programme, Expanded Programme on Immunization - EPI, Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV), Routine immunization, Vaccination campaigns, Vaccines
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Coffee with Polio Experts: Honorine Mollard Billard, WHO
Honorine Mollard Billard, Polio Eradication Officer at WHO, speaks to us about critical country support to vaccination campaigns in Lao PDR and why it is important for polio-free countries to maintain high immunity.
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