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Collage of images of patients waiting on a heath center, a doctor checking blood pressure and a smiling paitent
Reaching 100,000 hearts on two islands
Community engagement in Haiti
COVID-19: Increasing Vaccination Coverage in Haiti through community outreach
Fermin, the last polio victim in the Americas
The history of Polio – from eradication to re-emergence
Lorena Nieto vive en la capital colombiana y su único medio de transporte es la bicicleta
More women on bicycles: an urban transport policy in favor of health and equality
Hands forming a heart with AIDS ribbon over heart
HIV/AIDS: 40 years tackling an epidemic that has marked humanity
Mantaining the cold cahin to preserve vaccines
Strengthening the cold chain operations: on a mission to take vaccines to the farthest corners of the region
Air Pollution - Photo credit: Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, CCCCC
Seeking refuge from paradise – Examining how air pollution is hurting our health
Luiz Lima, Deputy Director of Production at Bio-Manguinhos-Fiocruz, working with a colleague.
For vaccine equity: producers work together to advance mRNA technology in Latin America
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Inclusive participation of persons with disabilities in health risk management – Guatemala
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