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Photo of the Day: The Reality of Living With Polio

Gates Foundation
June 29, 2012

Abdullahi Idris, a member of the Kano Polio Victims Trust Association (KPTVA) works at their roadside workshop for tricycles, built for use by the handicapped. KPTVA members are helping to eradicate the disease by teaching their local communities about the reality of living with polio. (Kano State, Nigeria, 2010)

Realities of living with polio

 
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