Childhood vaccine shortage in Ghana

In Ghana, a shortage of childhood vaccines has mothers going from hospital to hospital in search of immunizations to protect their infants. As a result, measles is breaking out in some parts of the country. Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman reports from the capital, Accra, on some of the reasons behind the shortage, and the effect on families. 

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