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Mia Farrow visits to support polio eradication

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    Actress Mia Farrow is to visit Nigeria as a United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) special representative for polio to participate in a national immunisation programme between 15-20 January, a UNICEF statement said.

    “She will participate with hundreds of thousands of health professionals and volunteers as they prepare to immunise every single Nigerian under age five - an estimated 37 million children,” the statement by UNICEF spokeswoman Madeline Eisner said.

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