Gunmen Are Targeting The UN's Pakistan Polio Campaign

Shooting Of UN Doctor Imperils Pakistan's Campaign Against Polio -- The Guardian

Karachi attack follows a Taliban ban on immunisation in the country's tribal area that border Afghanistan

Pakistan's drive against polio has been thrown into chaos after a foreign doctor was shot in the southern port city of Karachi, a day after the Taliban reiterated a ban on immunisation in the country's tribal areas.

A three-day nationwide immunisation campaign was launched on Monday but the Pakistan Taliban prohibited its administration in parts of the tribal area that borders Afghanistan, putting around 300,000 children at risk. Last year Pakistan was the country with the highest number of cases of polio.

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More News On The Taliban Targeting the UN's Anti-Polio Campaign

UN doctor on Pakistan polio campaign attacked -- Al Jazeera
UN polio vaccine doctor injured in Karachi attack -- BBC
UN polio doctor injured in Pakistan gun attack -- The Guardian
WHO Doctor Running Polio Program Shot in Pakistan’s Karachi -- Bloomberg Businessweek
WHO doctor attacked during Pakistan polio campaign -- CNN
Gunmen Attack U.N. Polio Doctor in Pakistan -- New York Times
UN doctor shot in Karachi -- AFP