Polio vaccination in Pakistan: Attacks, immunisation and protests

Published December 19, 2012
A Pakistani health worker marks an infant after immunisation with anti-polio drops an infant in a Christian colony situated in the slums of Islamabad. ? Photo by AP
A Pakistani health worker marks an infant after immunisation with anti-polio drops an infant in a Christian colony situated in the slums of Islamabad. ? Photo by AP

Three workers in a polio eradication campaign were shot in Pakistan on Wednesday, and two of them were killed, the latest in an unprecedented string of attacks over the past three days that has partially halted the UN-backed campaign.

The United Nations in Pakistan has pulled all staff involved in the campaign off the streets.

The government said immunisation was continuing in some areas without UN support although many workers refused to go out. Women health workers held protests in Karachi and Islamabad. – Photos by AFP, AP and Reuters

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