Health
Infant mortality on Ebeye is 3.0% as of 2006. There have been recurrent outbreaks of cholera, dengue fever, and tuberculosis. In 1963 there was a polio outbreak, and in 1978 a measles outbreak - these occurred despite prior vaccinations - leading to the reevaluation of 'herd immunity' in densely populated regions. In 2009, the Ebeye Community Health Center was awarded a grant as part of the United States Stimulus for the purpose of monitoring influenza (e.g. H1N1).
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—Wendy Coppedge Sanford. Ourselves and Our Children, by Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, introduction (1978)
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