TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - The history and current killings of polio vaccinators in Pakistan: a need for targeted surveillance strategy
JO  - Asia-Pacific journal of public health
A1  - Wahid, Braira
A1  - Kumari, Babita
A1  - Saifullah, Khaled Mohammed
A1  - Idrees, Muhammad
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Poliomyelitis has been eliminated from all countries of the world except Pakistan and Afghanistan. One of the major reasons is the stigmas associated with the polio vaccine that has been repetitively discussed in literature, and governments of both the countries are already making serious efforts to control this public health challenge, but till this moment, the state officials have not introduced any surveillance strategy for the security of polio workers in National Emergency Action Plan (NEAP) for Polio Eradication. This report highlights the issue of targeted killing and terrorism attacks on polio vaccinators in Pakistan and also devises a surveillance strategy to provide security to polio workers at immediate possible because the current chaos in Afghanistan will ultimately lead to more terrorist attacks on polio vaccinators.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1010-5395
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10105395231158866
ID  - ref1
ER  -