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Analysis: Marketing Research Sheds Light On Low Vaccination Rates In Some Developing Countries
Despite progress in raising the vaccination rates in the world's poorest countries, some countries, including India, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Indonesia, continue to have vaccination rates "below 50% in certain regions, compared with the 80% or more needed to achieve a low risk of the disease spreading," Douglas Holt, Oxford University professor of marketing, and Jacob McKnight, also of Oxford University, write in a Livemint.com analysis piece.
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