Some take considerable risks to protect children in tribal belt of Pakistan, one of three countries where disease is still endemic When Amir, a 45-year-old father of five, brings stashes of ice-cooled polio vaccines to his home in an isolated village in Pakistan's tribal belt he takes enormous care not to let anyone know what he is up to. Only his most trusted friends and relatives know about his secretive...
Pakistani parents defy Taliban with secret polio vaccines for children
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