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Vaccine shortage hits Ghana

Maxwell Suuk
March 24, 2023

Vaccines can be a baby's first line of defense when it comes to disease. But in Ghana the jabs have run out, leaving many infants dangerously exposed.

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Maxwell Suuk Maxwell is a DW reporter based in Tamale, Northern Ghana.
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