Polio and vaccine diplomacy in Pakistan

This week the global health community is mourning the violent loss of nine workers who were killed while administering vaccines in Pakistan as part of a national polio vaccination program. According to the World Health Organization?s (WHO) global polio eradication initiative, Pakistan is one of three polio-endemic countries worldwide; the other two are Afghanistan and Nigeria. In addition, several other African nations (e.g., Angola, Chad and Democratic Republic of Congo) that were previously certified as polio-free have now been newly re-established. Today Pakistan represents the last remaining source of wild poliovirus type 3 in Asia, with 35 cases in 2012 and three major foci of transmission in the country, including  Read More

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