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In a remote village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, a young boy named Ahmed, barely three years old, became the latest victim of polio. His story, tragically, is far from unique. Despite the availability of polio vaccines in Pakistan, Ahmed’s paralysis could have been prevented if not for the combination of cultural... read full story
Photo: A Pakistani health worker gives polio vaccine to a child at a neighborhood of Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, April 14, 2015. Pakistan’s beleaguered battle to eradicate polio is threatening a global, multi-billion dollar campaign to wipe out the disease worldwide.
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