Zahra was born in 1970 in Kampala, Uganda. After being forced to leave as a refugee with her whole family and just seven dollars that her father hid in his shoes, they landed in Yemen. Zahra was married at 17, and after surviving the Yemen civil war, she immigrated to Canada in 1996, the mother of three young children and without any formal education to help her navigate her newly adopted country.
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Some children in Canada are not fully vaccinated and understanding how well Canada’s children are vaccinated is challenging for health providers, because Canada lacks a system to accurately track vaccination rates and flag which segments of our population are left out. But that is soon to change, and rightly so.
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March 22 is World Water Day. This is a day to acknowledge water as a basic human right and life-saving necessity. While the global target set in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for safe drinking water was met in 2010, we cannot rest until every child enjoys their right to water and sanitation.
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