Wars and instability pose vaccine challenges in poor nations
Health workers tend to an Ebola victim in an isolation tent in Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo, in July 2019.
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DAR MANGI, Pakistan
Arifullah Khan had just administered another polio vaccine when the gunfire blasted from the nearby hills.
“It happened so suddenly. There was so much gunfire, it felt like an explosion,” he said, recalling details of the attack five years ago in Pakistan’s Bajaur tribal region near the Afghan border.
A bullet shattered his thigh, and he fell to the ground. His childhood friend and partner in the vaccination campaign, Ruhollah, lay bleeding on the ground in front of him.
پاکستان اگر کووڈ 19 سے نمٹ سکتا ہے تو پولیو سے کیوں نہیں، آئی ایم بی - Pakistan dawnnews.tv - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dawnnews.tv Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Wars, instability pose vaccine challenges in poor nations
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By: Kathy Gannon, Andrew Meldrum and Lee Keath, The Associated Press
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DAR MANGI, Pakistan (AP) - Arifullah Khan had just administered another polio vaccine when the gunfire blasted from the nearby hills. It happened so suddenly. There was so much gunfire it felt like an explosion, he said, recalling details of the attack five years ago in Pakistan s Bajaur tribal region near the Afghan border.
A bullet shattered his thigh and he fell to the ground. His childhood friend and partner in the vaccination campaign, Ruhollah, lay bleeding on the ground in front of him.
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