Camels, long known as the ships of the desert, have played an important role helping the UN from as early as the 1940s in driving up global vaccination rates and delivering lifesaving aid.

To mark the International Year of Camelids in 2024 and on the heels of World Immunization Week, celebrated annually in the last week of April, we took a look at how caravans of these hardy dromedaries played a key role.

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