Los Angeles Times Examines Polio Eradication Campaigns In Pakistan
The Los Angeles Times examines polio eradication campaigns in Pakistan, which is one of just four countries where the disease remains endemic. "Several factors have stood in the way of eradication," including tribal violence, migration within the country and "an intense mistrust among some Pakistanis for the vaccines and the people who supply and administer them," according to the newspaper (Rodriguez, 10/16).
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