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Sep 2024
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Polio Strikes Gaza: How Israel Is Using ...

RANIA KHALEK
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The Israelis created a public health crisis in Gaza that has led to the reemergence of polio. 


To discuss this and more, Rania Khalek was joined by Lebanese medical doctor and public health researcher Anis Germany.

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