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Raquelina Mazuze, Social Mobilizer

Raquelina Mazuze, Social Mobilizer

60-year-old Raquelina Mazuze is proud of her contribution to the fight against polio as a social mobilizer in her native Mozambique.
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Tendai Westerhof, HIV Advocate

Tendai Westerhof, HIV Advocate

As director of a national network of women living with HIV in Zimbabwe, Tendai Westerhof was used to challenging stigma.
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Marthe Apuwa Mbila, Ebola Survivor

Marthe Apuwa Mbila, Ebola Survivor

Marthe Apuwa Mbila is a single mother of two children living in Lusengo, a remote area of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Dr Rirhandzu Norah Mongwe, Health worker

Dr Rirhandzu Norah Mongwe, Health Manager

Dr Rirhandzu Norah Mongwe is on the frontlines of Limpopo Province’s COVID-19 vaccination response.
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Mulikat Okanlawon, Noma survivor

Mulikat Okanlawon, Noma survivor

Mulikat Okanlawan works as a hygiene officer at the Sokoto Noma Children’s Hospital in the northern corner of Nigeria.
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Macron Chauluka, Polio Vaccinator

Macron Chauluka, Polio Vaccinator

Macron Chauluka is a community health worker on the front lines of Malawi’s ongoing fight against the wild poliovirus.
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Reginald Omulo, Bean Farmer

Reginald Omulo, Bean Farmer

Reginald Omulo, a farmer in Migori County, Kenya, noticed that the tobacco farming his community practiced was affecting families’ health and well-being.
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Malawi launches third round of mass vaccination drive to stop wild poliovirus

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