Laura Jiménez Varo
Tunisia
Biography
Laura Jímenez Varo is a Spanish freelance journalist based in Tunis after moving from Beirut. She has covered the wars in Syria and Iraq, the post-revolution and the current civil war in Libya and the humanitarian crisis in Lebanon for several media outlets in Spain and Latin America. Before moving to Lebanon in 2012, she worked mostly as an editor and reporter on several digital media.
Funded project
Fighting Polio
The polio eradication campaign is the largest medical campaign worldwide. Why did it fail to achieve eradication on the intended date and what are its strengths and weaknesses?