Islamic extremist rebels are fighting a campaign in Somalia to administer a polio vaccine, charging that it contains the virus that causes AIDS or could make children sterile, a battle of words that is frustrating health workers.Full story
So far nine health workers have been murdered while walking door to door to deliver polio vaccines to children in need because some believe the immunizations are part of a U.S. plot. NBC’s Stephanie Gosk reports.
In India, one of four countries where polio remains endemic, a flood of health workers are visiting millions of homes in hopes of inoculating 172 million children.
A female polio worker gives polio vaccine drops to a child in Lahore December 20, 2012. An alliance of Pakistani clerics will hold demonstrations across the country against the killings of polio eradication campaign workers, leaders said on Thursday, as the death toll from attacks this week rose to
A policeman stands guard as female polio workers wait to give polio vaccine drops to children in Lahore December 20, 2012. An alliance of Pakistani clerics will hold demonstrations across the country against the killings of polio eradication campaign workers, leaders said on Thursday, as the death t
Nishat ,a female polio worker, gives polio vaccine drops to a girl in Lahore December 20, 2012. An alliance of Pakistani clerics will hold demonstrations across the country against the killings of polio eradication campaign workers, leaders said on Thursday, as the death toll from attacks this week
