Parents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to get 1,000 rupees for each child who completes vaccinations after Peshawar declared largest reservoir of endemic polio Parents in one of Pakistan's most troubled provinces are to be paid to vaccinate their children against polio , the crippling disease the world is tantalisingly close to eradicating. It is hoped some 2 million children from some of the most...
Pakistan to pay parents in new polio vaccination drive
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