Hey, hey, it's Dr. Mona and welcome to the follow-up.

Your Monday Parenting Pick Me Up, where I serve up bite-sized brilliance from past episodes

in less time than it takes for your toddler to put on socks. Both feet wrong.

Today's clip is one of those, wow, this was such a cool moment kind of chats.

I got to connect with Dr. Imran Patel, a fellow pediatrician from India, who also happens

to have over 8.5 million, yes, million followers online.

And we dove into a topic I know so many of us in the United States are familiar with,

vaccine hesitancy.

But here's the twist.

It looks kind of different across the globe.

We asked, is anti-vaccine sentiment truly universal?

Or is it uniquely American or westernized healthcare?

Dr. Patel shares how in India the hesitation often isn't about refusing vaccines.

It's about fear, misunderstanding, access and education.

And despite limited resources, there's a massive effort to reach families and protect children,

often with deep trust in doctors and a whole lot of love.

This conversation reminded me that the challenges may look different,

but the heart of pediatrics, building connection and trust,

is the same no matter where you are in the world.

Let's jump in.

In the United States, we struggle a lot with vaccine hesitancy or what we call here anti-vaccine

sentiment where people deny vaccinations even though it's available to them.

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