Polio
Posted by Susan Burnett
Polio And Politics
A great scourge might soon be gone, but war, mistrust and even the death of Osama Bin Laden could get in the way the children in gadap town like to play tea party. There are no little tea sets here, not in this densely packed, grindingly poor Pakistani slum, the biggest in the megacity of ...
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Endgame for an Enduring Disease? Pakistan’s Fight Against Polio
Twenty-three years after it was eradicated in the United States, polio still stalks Pakistan, one of three countries left in the world where the devastating disease is still endemic. Photographer Diego Ibarra Sánchez documented Pakistan's struggle to get a handle on the disease.
How India Fought Polio — and Won
A sprawling country with a massive population pulled off one of the greatest public-health coups in history
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