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April2021

Vaccination

AGROVOC URI
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_15123

FAO/Alessandra Benedetti / FAO

Motivation: Human history proves that before the development of vaccines epidemics have mercilessly killed millions of people and livestock. It is the vaccination that saved humanity from the devastating effect of many dangerous infections. In the current pandemic situation the mass vaccination is an important key to stop COVID-19.

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