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DUBAI — The Taliban has suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the U.N. said Monday. It’s a devastating setback for polio eradication, since the virus is one of the world’s ...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the U.N. said Monday. It’s a devastating setback for polio eradication, since the ...
The Taliban has suspended polio vaccination campaigns across Afghanistan, the United Nations announced Monday. News of the suspension was relayed to U.N. agencies right before the September ...
ACHIN, Afghanistan — During its 20-year armed campaign, the Taliban repeatedly banned door-to-door immunization campaigns, helping to make Afghanistan one of only two countries where naturally ...
Taliban launches annual polio vaccination drive in Afghanistan. Health ministry says the four-day campaign will cover more than nine million children in 31 of the country’s 34 provinces.
"It can certainly work in Pakistan. It's a question of where you want to put resources." Bhutta: Work with the Taliban on polio eradication. Eradicating poliovirus in the region is impossible ...
How The Taliban Is Thwarting The War On Polio : Shots - Health News Polio is deadly, but so is what's required to stamp it out once and for all in Pakistan: facing down Islamist extremists. The ...
Taliban leaders also agreed to allow women to be frontline workers for the effort, according to the World Health Organization and UNICEF. By Azi Paybarah In an effort to eradicate polio and boost ...
Middle East Gunmen open fire on polio workers in former Taliban stronghold, killing soldier, injuring another Polio remains endemic only in the countries of Pakistan, Afghanistan ...
The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the U.N. said Monday. It's a devastating setback for polio eradication, since the virus is one of the world's most infectious ...