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Pakistan: Cop escorting polio team killed in gun attack in Bannu
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Polio teams in Pakistan have repeatedly been targeted by extremist outfits, with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) also being involved in the attacks.
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Taliban failed to save its citizens, health workers in Afghanistan: Report
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 1 (ANI): The recent killing of polio vaccinators in Afghanistan is a cause for concern, especially in a country where lack of a vaccination drive may lead to an outbreak of polio cases, a media report said on Tuesday.
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Tedros extends condolences to kin of women medics killed in Afghanistan's
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 31 (ANI): World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday extended condolences to the kin of the polio vaccinators who were killed while on duty in Afghanistan.
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Polio vaccinators mistaken for conducting NPR, held hostage by residents i
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 27 (ANI): Members of a polio vaccination team of health department officials were allegedly held hostage by the locals on suspicion that they were collecting data for the National Population Register (NPR).
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Two polio vaccinators shot dead in Pakistan
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Quetta (Balochistan) [Pakistan], Jan. 23 (ANI): Once again polio vaccination team has been targeted in Quetta city of Pakistan.
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Pak's KP faces challenge to counter militant attacks on polio vaccina
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], Sept. 16 (ANI): With Pakistan still struggling to become a polio free country, its Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province faces the challenge of how to counter militant attacks on vaccinators.
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