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West African boys standing in a line each awaiting his smallpox and measles vaccinations

CDC / W.L. DesPrez1968

World Health Organization

World Health Organization

The public health technician was using a Ped-O-Jet® pneumatic injector in order to administer the vaccines to each recipient. Note the poster, which had been tacked to the tree at right, announcing the Smallpox Eradication and Measles Control Programs that were in full swing at the time of this photograph.

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  • Title: West African boys standing in a line each awaiting his smallpox and measles vaccinations
  • Creator: CDC / W.L. DesPrez
  • Date Created: 1968
  • Location: West Africa
  • Type: Photograph
  • Rights: CDC
World Health Organization

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