Pakistan has initiated a significant weeklong vaccination campaign to immunize 45 million children against polio. This effort is crucial as Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only countries where the virus is still reported. Despite a sharp increase in cases last year, with 74 reported, there have only been six cases since January. Health Minister Mustafa Kamal has called for community support, while security remains a concern as health workers face threats and violence from militants who mischaracterize vaccination efforts as foreign agendas.
Pakistan has begun a weeklong second nationwide vaccination campaign aimed at protecting 45 million children from polio, officials have said.
Health workers are often attacked by militants who falsely claim that vaccination efforts are part of a Western plot to sterilise Muslim children.
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