During the war in El Salvador when the FMLN and the government were at great odds and it was war, Napoleon Duarte, then the President of El Salvador, negotiated a cease-fire, a Day of Tranquility, as they called it, to vaccinate the children against the leading killers of children.
Smith references historical efforts to vaccinate children during conflict.
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