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A vaccination method from refugee camps #TSI

by The Science Inside

UNOSOM IIDoctors Without Borders’ Kate Elder tell us about an adaptive method of vaccination that came out of refugee camps.

The full show is themed around the recent attack on the Garissa University by militant group Al-Shabaab – an attack in which the world’s biggest refugee camp, Dadaab, has been accused of playing a role.

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