Health

A Vaccination Triumph in Congo Offers Strategic Lessons

By Laura Seay | August 31, 2011
After nearly 20 years of state failure and conflict, the Democratic Republic of Congo has become a difficult place in which to be healthy. Life expectancy is only in the early 40s for both men and women; 1 in 13 women dies in childbirth; and 1 in 5 children does not survive to its fifth birthday.


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