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Radio York,3 mins

Ebola, typhoid and measles - Alastair Tancred from Tadcaster works with UNICEF to explain their work battling deadly diseases

Jonathan Cowap

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From the plight of the Rohingya refugees to, most recently, working in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Alastair uses his skills as a journalist to tell the story of what is really happening. A new "Child Alert" is coming out soon about the situation in DRC - A vaccine against the ebola virus is already in use, but measles and malnutrition are also urgent issues.

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