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Polio is a dreadful disease. But bring up the subject of immunisation and Div Louw, a South African, lights with passion as he leans heavily on his chair.
But behind the relaxed and convivial facade lies a woeful tale of tears, love and pain that Louw, a retired natural scientist, has been through.
In a lengthy interview with The Standard in South Africa as the world commemorates immunisation week, Louw says he is gripped by fears that children were still getting infected and dying of polio, and other preventable illnesses, despite availability of vaccines.
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