In some communities, especially in the remote and detached tribal areas, there is a commonly-held belief, spread by some clerics, that vaccinations are part of a Western plot to sterilise Muslims. Officials say this belief, and the number of cases of vaccine “refusals”, jumped in the aftermath of the US operation to kill Osama bin Laden when it emerged the CIA had recruited a Pakistani doctor, Shakil Afridi. independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/angelsof-karachi-the-pakistani-women-who-risk-death-every-day-to-vaccinate-children-against-polio-8805677.html
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 03:56:03 +0000
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