The Taliban suspends polio vaccine campaign in Afghanistan – here’s the likely impact
The Taliban recently announced that they are suspending its polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan. The announcement was ...
Pakistan Seemed Close to Beating Polio. Now It’s Spreading Quickly.
The resurgence is part of a global revival of a disease once close to being eradicated, but geographic and cultural factors ...
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17 health workers killed this year as Pakistan's Polio eradication efforts face setbacks
At least 17 health workers have been killed during polio vaccination drives in Pakistan this year, underscoring the dangers and difficulties facing the country ...
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Pakistán: Arrestan a sospechoso de violación tumultuaria de trabajadora en campaña contra la polio
MULTAN, Pakistán (AP) — La policía de Pakistán arrestó al sospechoso clave de la violación tumultuaria de una trabajadora sanitaria que participaba en una campaña contra la polio. La mujer fue ...
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A roadside bomb hits a vehicle carrying police guarding an anti-polio drive in Pakistan, wounding 9
Officials say a roadside bomb has hit a vehicle carrying officers assigned to protect health workers conducting a polio immunization drive in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in ...
Police fatally shoot a blasphemy suspect in Pakistan in 2nd such killing in a week
Officials in Pakistan say police have shot dead a blasphemy suspect during an alleged shootout with armed men in the southern province of Sindh, the second such apparent extra-judicial killing in a ...