A year has passed since Pakistan last recorded an infection of the wild poliovirus, a major milestone for the country’s anti-polio drive
Security forces often accompany health workers since overall militant attacks surged by 56 percent last year.
To formally eradicate the disease, a nation must be polio-free for three consecutive years, but even 12 months is a long time in a country where vaccination teams are in the crosshairs of a simmering uprising. "Life or death is in God's hands," health worker Sidra Hussain said this week, amid a patchwork of high-walled compounds in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.Hussain, along with her partner, goes door-to-door on the outskirts of Mardan city, dripping doses of rose-coloured medicine into infants' mouths as part of the country’s drive to eradicate the virus.
Last year overall militant attacks by the group surged by 56 percent according to the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies, reversing a six-year downward trend.
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