Health campaign flaws contribute to Pakistan's worrying polio spike

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Health campaign flaws contribute to Pakistan's worrying polio spike

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/health-campaign-flaws-contribute-pakistans-worrying-polio-spike-210431543.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NtlA4GHK5kJM4vfMXTmRZw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-10-26T210431Z_1_LYNXMPEA9P0HF_RTROPTP_2_PAKISTAN-POLIO.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Girl receives polio vaccine drops at a government dispensary in a Karachi slum" align="left" title="Girl receives polio vaccine drops at a government dispensary in a Karachi slum" border="0" /></a>By Katharine Houreld KARACHI Pakistan (Reuters) - Taliban militants have long been the scourge of Pakistan's polio vaccination campaign, attacking aid workers and the police who protect them as they distribute doses to children. But experts say there is another reason for the sharp spike in cases of the crippling disease in Pakistan this year - government mismanagement. The prime minister's polio cell was disbanded during 2013 elections, the new government delayed reconstituting it, and in recent months the prime minister has been consumed with protests in the capital that have only just ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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