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Goats and Soda
Mothers and their babies in Nigeria wait at a health center that provides vaccinations against polio. Vaccination rates lag in the middle-income country.

When Countries Get Wealthier, Kids Can Lose Out On Vaccines

Nov 12, 2019
Childhood vaccines are often subsidized in the poorest countries. But not for those moving up the wealth ladder.
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Goats and Soda
The diphtheria outbreak in the refugee camps is the biggest the world has seen in some years, says Marcella Kraay, a project coordinator with Doctors Without Borders.

Rare Disease Finds Fertile Ground In Rohingya Refugee Camps

Jan 27, 2018
Diphtheria is not seen in the West because almost everyone is vaccinated against it. But it's been infecting thousands of the refugees in Bangladesh.
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Goats and Soda
Children get their diphtheria inoculation in 1944.

Diphtheria: What Exactly Is It ... And Why Is It Back?

Dec 08, 2017
It's thought of as a disease of the past. But now there are outbreaks in Yemen and Bangladesh.
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