Misinformation hurts Philippines vaccination drive
By Abiodun Ogundairo
10 October 2020 |
9:14 am
Healthcare officers visit households in the Philippines to ensure children receive vaccines for polio after the disease re-emerged in the Southeast Asian nation last year, nearly two decades after its last cases.
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