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KRISTA LARSON and MARIA CHENG, of Associated Press, report on how vaccine hesitancy, including among women of childbearing age, is leading to a stark gender disparity resulting in African women being the least vaccinated population in the world. ....
The health outreach workers who drove past Lama Mballow’s village with a megaphone handed out T-shirts emblazoned with the words: “I got my COVID-19 vaccine!” By then, the women in Sare Gibel had heard the rumors on social media: The vaccines could make your blood stop or cause you to miscarry. Women who took it would not get pregnant again. Lama Mballow and her sister-in-law, Fatoumata Mballow, never made the 5.5km trip to town for their vaccines, but the family kept the free shirt. Its lettering is well-worn, but the women’s resolve has not softened. They share much meal preparation duties, ....
SARE GIBEL, Gambia The health outreach workers who drove past Lama Mballow’s village with a megaphone handed out T-shirts emblazoned with the words: “I GOT MY COVID-19 VACCINE!” ....
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