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#113 – Varsha Venugopal on using gossip to help vaccinate every child in India

Our failure to make sure all kids globally get all of their basic vaccinations leads to 1.5 million child deaths every year.

According to today’s guest, Varsha Venugopal, for the great majority this has nothing to do with weird conspiracy theories or medical worries — in India 80% of undervaccinated children are already getting some shots. They just aren't getting all of them, for the tragically mundane reason that life can get in the way.

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As Varsha says, we're all sometimes guilty of "valuing our present very differently from the way we value…

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