Pakistan Polio Vaccine Worker

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  6 Cops Deployed For Polio Vaccination Duty Killed In Bomb Blast In Pakistan

  A bomb explosion targeted policemen going to provide security for polio vaccination workers in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday, killing six of them and injuring 22 others.

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  Polio Vaccination Team Fired At In Pakistan's Balochistan Province

  A polio vaccination team and two policemen escorting it were attacked by three unknown assailants in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, the police said. The attack occurred in Quetta's Qambrani road area.

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  Multiple Attacks On Vaccination Teams Leaves Pakistan Workers On Edge

  Polio workers across Pakistan were told to remain vigilant Thursday after multiple attacks on vaccination teams killed at least three people this week during an ongoing push to eradicate the disease from the restive country.

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  7 Pakistani Policemen Killed During Anti-Polio Drive

  Unidentified gunmen attacked policemen guarding medical workers administering polio vaccinations in Pakistan on Wednesday, killing seven of them, in the latest violence against efforts to eradicate the crippling childhood disease.

• Bomb Kills Polio Vaccinator in North West Pakistan: Officials

  A roadside bomb exploded in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday killing an off-duty polio vaccinator and his relative while wounding another worker, officials said.

• Attack on Polio Team Kills One Policeman in North West Pakistan

  A policeman escorting a polio vaccination team in Pakistan's restive northwest was shot dead by unidentified gunmen today, the latest in a series of targeted attacks against medical workers campaigning to eradicate the crippling disease.

• One polio worker gunned down in Pakistan

  A polio worker was today gunned down by unidentified militants while carrying out a vaccination campaign in Pakistan's restive northwest.

• Kidnapped Pakistani polio workers released

  Islamist militants on Tuesday released seven polio workers who were kidnapped last week in a northwestern Pakistani tribal district while carrying out a vaccination campaign, officials said.

• Pakistan militants kidnap 11 teachers in polio vaccination campaign

  Militants kidnapped 11 Pakistani teachers involved in a polio vaccination campaign for school children on Saturday, officials said, the latest in a string of attacks on health workers trying to eradicate the deadly disease.

• Gunmen kill two polio workers in Pakistan

  Gunmen on a motorbike shot dead two health workers during an anti-polio drive in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, police said, the latest in a series of deadly attacks on vaccination teams.

• Pakistani Taliban deny anti-polio attacks

  The Pakistani Taliban on Friday denied any involvement in attacks on polio workers, which have killed 21 people since December, but confirmed it opposed the vaccination as "un-Islamic."

• Gunmen kill Pakistani policeman during polio drive

  Gunmen shot to death a policeman protecting a team of female polio workers in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, the latest in a series of attacks on people working on the UN-backed vaccination campaign, police said.

• Policeman escorting Pakistani polio team killed

  Gunmen riding on a motorcycle shot and killed a police officer escorting polio workers during a U.N.-backed vaccination campaign in north-western Pakistan on Tuesday, the police said.

• Pakistani polio workers get police protection

  Under police guard, thousands of health workers pressed on with a polio immunization program Thursday after nine were killed elsewhere in Pakistan by suspected militants who oppose the vaccination campaign.

• Gunmen kill four female polio workers in Pakistan

  A senior health official says gunmen have killed four women working on a government polio vaccination campaign in the Pakistan's largest city, Karachi.