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Pakistan Halts Polio Effort After 8 Killings in 2 Days

But some Pakistan officials determined to continue without UN support

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 19, 2012 8:05 AM CST

(Newser) – The UN and WHO are suspending an anti-polio campaign in Pakistan as the attacks against polio vaccination workers continue, with a total of eight dead in just two days and more injured. The latest attacks in the Peshawar region today killed a supervisor and her...   Read full story »

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Taliban • Pakistan • vaccination • vaccine • polio

 
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