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To tackle vaccine inequity, the Katsina State Government sends health workers on motorcycles to nomadic camps scattered across the state. Credit: Katsina State Primary Health Care Agency (KSPHCA)

Katsina’s nomadic children are always on the move. But so are the vaccines they need

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