In my Medical intern year in India I took part in pulse polio mass vaccination programme in remote villages- booth based & door to door
Combating misinformation was the greatest challenge-We used to have pts including kids disabled by Polio
In 2014 India was certified as Polio free
Combating misinformation was the greatest challenge-We used to have pts including kids disabled by Polio
In 2014 India was certified as Polio free
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Dr Rachel Clarke
Given the news about RFK Jr, here’s a visual argument for vaccines, in 5 posts.
1/ A ward of polio victims, incarcerated inside "iron lungs" in 1950s America. Many are children, lungs paralysed, unable to breathe unaided. Thanks to vaccination, no-one has caught polio in the UK since the 1980s.
1/ A ward of polio victims, incarcerated inside "iron lungs" in 1950s America. Many are children, lungs paralysed, unable to breathe unaided. Thanks to vaccination, no-one has caught polio in the UK since the 1980s.
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