Health Workers Begin Polio Vaccination Campaign In Pakistan Despite Threats
Reuters: Despite threats, thousands join anti-polio drive in Pakistan, a last bastion of the disease
“More than 100,000 health workers fanned out across Pakistan on Monday, stepping up a drive to eliminate the polio virus this year from one of its last bastions, despite continuing militant threats to vaccination teams. Pakistan accounts for more than 70 percent of the world’s cases of polio…” (Hassan et al., 2/15).
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