Pakistan's fight against polio threatened by extremist violence, anti-vaccine sentiments

In this picture taken on January 24, 2022, a health worker administers polio vaccine drops to a child during a door-to-door polio vaccination campaign on the outskirts of Mardan, in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. (AFP)

June 22: CBC reported that as frontline workers in Pakistan continue to treat those affected by a surge in polio cases, Dr. Shahzad Baig, who leads Pakistan's Polio Eradication Programme, said he and his colleagues are also dealing with death threats from religious extremists and people with anti-vaccine sentiments.

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