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Nigerian women leading campaign to vaccinate children [1]

In Northern Nigeria where I work as a nurse and polio vaccinator, only women are allowed to enter houses because most women in this part of the country are in purdah (practice of seclusion), says R

Publication Date: 
14/03/2019
Big News Network [2]
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Health [3], Vaccination [4], Women [5], Nigeria [6], WHO [7], Polio [8], Africa [9]
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