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May 14, 2003
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS
"950,000 Children Administered Polio Vaccine"
Independent (Bangladesh) (www.independent-bangladesh.com)
In Bangladesh, thousands of children under the age of five recently received the oral polio vaccine. The 11th National Immunization Day saw approximately 950,000 children in both urban and rural areas of the country receiving the vaccine.
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