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World Polio Day: Vaccination started in Africa

Vaccination practices were not designed by the whites in Europe, but by Africans who lived in North Eastern Africa long before the 18th Century. At the time the practice was referred to as variolation or inoculation commonly used to prevent small pox at the time.

Dr Juliet N. Babirye
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

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By Dr Juliet N. Babirye

Yesterday was World Polio Day. A day in which we celebrate the tremendous gains achieved against this killer

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World Polio Day
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