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A health agent vaccinates a child on the street in a neighbourhood where the risk of infection is high, during an emergency campaign of vaccination against yellow fever in Sao Paulo.

The pandemic has disrupted existing vaccine programmes around the world. Image: REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker

Victoria Masterson
Senior Writer, Forum Agenda
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