Washington Post
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Accessed 30 March 2013

WHO official says 240,000 Pakistani children missed polio vaccinations in tribal regions
By Associated Press, Published: March 29
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/unicef-official-says-240000-pakistani-children-missed-polio-vaccinations-in-tribal-regions/2013/03/29/7c710512-9874-11e2-b5b4-b63027b499de_story.html

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ISLAMABAD — Some 240,000 children have missed U.N.-backed vaccinations against polio because of security concerns in Pakistan’s tribal regions bordering Afghanistan, a top official with the World Health Organization said Friday.

Dr. Nima Saeed Abid, the acting WHO chief in Pakistan, said health workers have not been able to immunize children in the North and South Waziristan regions — Taliban strongholds — since July 2012…