The History and Current Killings of Polio Vaccinators in Pakistan: A Need for Targeted Surveillance Strategy

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Wahid, Braira, Kumari, Babita, Saifullah, Khaled and Idrees, Muhammad. 2023. "The History and Current Killings of Polio Vaccinators in Pakistan: A Need for Targeted Surveillance Strategy." Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health. 35 (2-Mar), pp. 183-188. https://doi.org/10.1177/10105395231158866
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The History and Current Killings of Polio Vaccinators in Pakistan: A Need for Targeted Surveillance Strategy

ERA Journal ID13423
Article CategoryArticle
AuthorsWahid, Braira, Kumari, Babita, Saifullah, Khaled and Idrees, Muhammad
Journal TitleAsia-Pacific Journal of Public Health
Journal Citation35 (2-Mar), pp. 183-188
Number of Pages6
Year2023
PublisherSAGE Publications Ltd
Place of PublicationUnited States
ISSN1010-5395
1941-2479
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1177/10105395231158866
Web Address (URL)https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10105395231158866
AbstractPoliomyelitis has been eliminated from all countries of the world except Pakistan and Afghanistan. One of the major reasons is the stigmas associated with the polio vaccine that has been repetitively discussed in literature, and governments of both the countries are already making serious efforts to control this public health challenge, but till this moment, the state officials have not introduced any surveillance strategy for the security of polio workers in National Emergency Action Plan (NEAP) for Polio Eradication. This report highlights the issue of targeted killing and terrorism attacks on polio vaccinators in Pakistan and also devises a surveillance strategy to provide security to polio workers at immediate possible because the current chaos in Afghanistan will ultimately lead to more terrorist attacks on polio vaccinators.
KeywordsAfghanistan; surveillance; polio; endemic; Pakistan
Contains Sensitive ContentContains sensitive content
Sensitive Handling NoteContains traumatic content
ANZSRC Field of Research 20204203. Health services and systems
Byline AffiliationsMonash University
University of Southern Queensland
University of the Punjab, Pakistan
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