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WATCH | Getting to know: Vaccines – How do they work?

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In this segment of the Health24 vaccine information series, Cheleka Mpande, a researcher at Eh!woza and Ph.D student in Immunology at the University of Cape Town, explains how vaccines work.

Along with dispelling a couple myths, Mpande explains how vaccines help train your body to fight off different diseases, bacteria, and viruses.


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