Front line health workers are still at risk in the fight to eradicate polio.
Polio is a preventable disease but eradication efforts require security for front line health workers. Insecure areas serve as a cauldron for polio and other diseases. Multi-drug resistant TB is on the rise in North Korea where a chronically malnourished population is at risk to TB. It's leaders, like those in the Pakistan's tribal areas, need to be held accountable.
In the meantime, some in developed countries deny their children the benefits of life saving vaccines.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/23/health/polio-outbreaks-seen-on-two-continents.html?src=recg
Polio is a preventable disease but eradication efforts require security for front line health workers. Insecure areas serve as a cauldron for polio and other diseases. Multi-drug resistant TB is on the rise in North Korea where a chronically malnourished population is at risk to TB. It's leaders, like those in the Pakistan's tribal areas, need to be held accountable.
In the meantime, some in developed countries deny their children the benefits of life saving vaccines.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/23/health/polio-outbreaks-seen-on-two-continents.html?src=recg
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