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Authorities in one Pakistan province are turning to a controversial new tactic in the decades-long initiative to wipe out polio: prison. Last month, the government in Sindh introduced a bill that would imprison parents for up to one month if they fail to get their children immunized against polio or eight other common diseases. Experts at the World Health Organization and elsewhere worry the unusual strategy could further undermine trust in the polio vaccines, particularly in a country where many believe false conspiracies about them and where dozens of vaccinators have been shot and killed.

United kingdomKhan muhammadNorth west frontierCity ofUnited statesHeidi larsonPaul offitMuhammad akhtarRukhsana bibiHamid jafariAssociated pressUs central intelligence agencyVaccine education centerScience departmentHoward hughes medical institute scienceLondon school of hygiene