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Trinidad and Tobago: Empowering communities to prevent and self-manage noncommunicable diseases
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Until the Last Child: The fight for the eradication of wild polio in Venezuela does not stop
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“Vaccinating your children is giving them better opportunities”: Roxana Castillo, polio survivor and vaccine specialist from Honduras
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Trinidadian musician David Rudder talks about COVID-19 and his own experience as a polio survivor
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A life dedicated to fighting and eliminating polio in Ecuador: Gonzalo Baquero Paret, the guardian of polio-free Ecuador
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Coordination on mental health: a priority in emergencies
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Mental health in primary care: a priority in the COVID-19 pandemic
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Mitigating COVID-19 impact on indigenous communities in the Amazon & empowering women as local “agents of change”  in Ecuador
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Rapidly and steadily, Uruguay is immunizing itself against COVID-19
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