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WHO suspends polio drive in Pakistani city after shooting
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
No group claimed responsibility for the attack, though many
Islamists, including Taliban militants, have long opposed the campaign.
(File photo: AFP)
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Reuters, Peshawar
The World Health Organization suspended its polio eradication
campaign in a Pakistani city on Tuesday after two young workers were
shot as they administered drops, the latest attack aimed at the
U.N.-backed operation.
The victims of the shooting in the
violence-plagued northwestern city of Peshawar were aged 18 and 20.
Police said both had died, but medical sources said one had died and one
was seriously wounded.
No group claimed responsibility for the
attack, though many Islamists, including Taliban militants, have long
opposed the campaign, convinced that the anti-polio drive is a Western
plot to sterilize Muslims.
The United Nations in Pakistan
pulled all staff involved in the campaign off the streets last December.
Immunization continued in some areas without U.N. support although many
workers refused to go out.
“They were administering polio drops when they were attacked,” police officer
Siraj Ahmed said.
WHO spokesperson Maryam Younas said the organization was temporarily suspending
its polio vaccination drive in Peshawar.
“Operations will remain suspended in Peshawar until the security situation
returns to normal,” she said.
The latest violence has raised fresh questions over stability in the South
Asian nation.
Critics say the attacks on the health workers are a prime example of
the government's failure to formulate a decisive policy on tackling
militancy, despite pressure from key ally the United States, the source
of billions of dollars in aid.
Polio crippled thousands of
people every year in rich nations until the 1950s. As a result of
vaccination, it is now only endemic in three countries - Nigeria,
Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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