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Taking a Break from Saving the World chronicles an activist's journey from burnout to balance
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How a made-in-Africa vaccine could combat multiple deadly livestock diseases at the same time
The livestock diseases peste des petits ruminants (or PPR), Rift Valley Fever and goat and sheep pox affect millions of animals and people around the world. But a Moroccan veterinary pharmaceutical company is working on a new vaccine that could one day help eradicate both illnesses. Part of an ongoing series of stories about innovative projects in the developing world, a partnership between the International Development Research Centre and Canadian Geographic.
Visit the Charting Change website to read “Saving more livestock, stabilizing more lives”.
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Taking a Break from Saving the World chronicles an activist's journey from burnout to balance
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