Trust for polio programme may be ‘volatile’ but refusals not key hurdle

The recent banning of polio vaccination in North Waziristan by Taliban commander Hafiz Gul Bahadur has placed Pakistan at the centre of global media limelight. The announcement is accompanied by a growing perception about refusals constituting a major barrier in way of polio eradication in Pakistan, particularly in the wake of the alleged CIA-engineered fake health campaign staged to capture Osama Bin Laden. However, Unicef believes that missed children, not refusals associated with the

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