Pakistan is close to eradicating polio. A double slaying shows the grim challenges still in the way.

  ISLAMABAD — The long struggle to eliminate polio from Pakistan has faced many obstacles — public ignorance about the disease, myths about a Western plot to sterilize Muslims, claims about fake vaccination drives being used to cover up spying. Add to that list: Attacks by anti-government insurgents on teams delivering the polio vaccine, mostly […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2018/01/21/pakistan-is-close-to-eradicating-polio-a-double-slaying-shows-the-grim-challenges-still-in-the-way/