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International Health

Providing oral polio vaccine to children in Africa in order to reduce disability from poliomyelitis by 75 percent by 1991 is one of the target goals of the Combating Childhood Communicable Disease (CCCD) project in Africa. Initiated in 1981, CCCD is a joint effort of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Agency of International Development, and governments of participating countries. The primary objective is to reduce high infant and childhood mortality rates by treating young children and pregnant women.

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