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Article: Polio Vaccination Hampered in Indonesia
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- August 27, 2005
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MICHAEL CASEY, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
08-27-2005
Dateline: CIKEUSAL, Indonesia
Indonesian boy receives polio vaccination, at a kindergarten in the outskirt of Jakarta, Indonesia, in this Tuesday, May 31, 2005 file photo. With Indonesia's polio case rising to 226 and the World Health Organization saying the virus could spread to other Southeast Asian countries, the country is pulling out all the steps to win over a skeptical public in its effort to vaccinate 24 million children under 5 on Aug. 30. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)
Holding her 2-year-old son, Sari listens intently in a ramshackle health clinic as the medical staff assures her and other villagers about the safety of ...