Waiting to be vaccinated
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Monday, 11 July 2011
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Families sit outside Pittakotte health clinic in Colombo District, Sri Lanka waiting for their babies to be vaccinated. This is a common scene across the island state, testimony to the importance families put on quality health care for their children.
“Women receive a good education, so they know the value of healthy living and getting immunised,” says chief epidemiologist Nihal Abeysinghe, explaining why Sri Lanka has one of highest immunisation rates in the developing world.
Photo and caption courtesy: 2007 GAVI Alliance/M Weerakone