Pakistan Gunmen Kill Six Anti-Polio Workers In 24 Hours -- Reuters
Dec 18 (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead six health workers on an anti-polio drive in a string of attacks in Pakistan over 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday, raising fears for the future of efforts to eradicate the crippling disease in one of its last strongholds.
It was not clear who was behind the shootings but Taliban insurgents have repeatedly denounced the vaccination campaign, which aims to wipe out polio in one of the last three countries where it is endemic, as a Western plot.
"Such attacks deprive Pakistani's most vulnerable population - especially children - of basic life-saving health interventions," the World Health Organisation and the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF), which are working with the Pakistani government on the campaign, said in a joint statement.
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