History and Testimony

The personal stories and testimonies collected by the Catching Stories team portray personal, social, and to a lesser extent, political perceptions of how infectious diseases encroached on the lives affected by these diseases(Click here to listen to the collected stories).
While the stories help illustrate the tangible realities of diseases such as polio or diphtheria, we also need to understand the science behind how these unwanted viruses and bacteria spread and what measures are put in place to help combat them.
To learn more about the infectious diseases that the Catching Stories team focused on and the role vaccines play in helping curb their spread, click the relevant image below.

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