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Why Pakistan is not polio free

Can the forces opposing Pakistan’s polio vaccination programme finally be overcome?

In Pakistan, attempts to eradicate polio stalled when the vaccination programme became tangled in international politics, religious decrees and social media scare stories. Vaccination workers have been attacked and even killed. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Urdu’s Shumaila Jaffery met vaccination workers, parents, and clerics for a ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service series, "Vaccines: A Crisis of Trust".

(Image: Doctor vaccinates child against polio. Credit: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½)

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