eliminate

The last mile: fighting MNT in Uganda

UNICEF USA
Saving and protecting the lives of children
UNICEF USA

Rajesh Anandan is the Vice President for Corporate and Foundation Partnerships at the U.S. Fund.
"A wife has to be hard working, not quarrelsome, and pretty," according to Michael, an 18-year old young man we met while visiting a weekly tetanus vaccination initiative at a church in Kotido District, Uganda.
Tetanus vaccinations at church? That's what "health care delivery" can look like when you're at the very last mile of eliminating a disease.

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Introducing The Eliminate Project

UNICEF USA
Saving and protecting the lives of children
UNICEF USA

Caryl Stern is the President and CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF.
A momentous journey is beginning.
Tetanus, a preventable disease, has plagued mothers and their newborns throughout history. But today we are taking a huge step towards making it history.

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Fieldnotes
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