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Vaccination program led by the World Health Organization Members of the World Health Organization
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How we develop new vaccines
Worried about diphtheria? No? Thank vaccines.
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Vaccination program led by the World Health Organization
World Health Organization workers preparing vaccinations in Mariscal Estigarribia,...
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Workers with the World Health Organization distribute mosquito nets in a Cambodian...
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Margaret Chan
World Health Organization director general Margaret Chan (left) and Pan American...
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last known case of smallpox
Ali Maow Maalin, who contracted the world's last known case of smallpox, in Merka,...
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Members of the World Health Organization
Interactive map showing current members of the World Health Organization.
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