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Afghan polio vaccine drive in trouble after three female medics killed – Egypt Independent – Egypt Independent
JALALABAD/KABUL (Reuters) – The killing of three female polio vaccine providers in Afghanistan this week has forced aid agencies and the government to re-assess…
Officials at the United Nation Childrens Fund (UNICEF), one of the agencies helping in the large-scale polio vaccination drive across Afghanistan that was launched this week, said they were reviewing the involvement of women in the role after unidentified gunmen killed three frontline workers in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Tuesday.
We feel terrible to put female lives at risk and its crucial to find ways to protect them before they participate in ongoing vaccination drives, said Godwin Mindra,…
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