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Dates: during 1971-1971
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WHEN a cholera epidemic broke out recently in Kenya, the Ministry of Health decided that the entire country would have to be immunized. But where could so much vaccine be obtained in a short time? Unhesitatingly, the Kenyans turned to Israeli Ambassador Reuven Dafni for help. Dafni cabled Jerusalem, and within two days 1,000,000 doses of vaccine had reached Nairobi. Eventually, 300,000 more doses were sent. By last week the epidemic, after claiming 47 lives, was over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Israel's Stake in Black Africa | 5/31/1971 | See Source »

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