Al Jazeera
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Accessed 31 May 2014
The Last Drops
Will health workers in Pakistan overcome political and religious tensions to vaccinate children against polio?
VIDEO: 47:17
Excerpt from text overview
…Pakistan is one of the last countries never to have ended polio despite concerted vaccination efforts from local, national and international organisations.
Teams of women ‘vaccinators’ in Pakistan struggle to achieve full coverage in a country wracked by ideological violence. Their commitment is unfailing even as they face attacks from the Taliban, as well as fearful communities that don’t trust the source of the vaccines.
Determined and patient, these women go from door to door to try and get all the children protected.
A polio worker who lost two members of her family to the violence said:
“We should make an effort that people who don’t want the drops, who think that this is not right, we need to make them aware. If they become aware, we won’t have to work so hard for the coming generations. This disease, if God wills it, can be eradicated from this country.”…