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  • Foreign Correspondent The Polio Emergency (Season 23, Episode 10)
  • TV Episode | 29 min | Documentary, News

Foreign Correspondent

The Polio Emergency (Season 23, Episode 10)
TV Episode | 29 min | Documentary, News
Polio should be history. When it swept the world last century it crippled and killed hundreds of thousands before the world fought back. An immunisation program saw the virus retreat from the developed world - then a concerted campaign in ...See morePolio should be history. When it swept the world last century it crippled and killed hundreds of thousands before the world fought back. An immunisation program saw the virus retreat from the developed world - then a concerted campaign in the '80's all but wiped it out in the developing world. So why has Pakistan become a polio hotspot with cases on the rise? And why when vaccinators set out to administer preventative drops to children are they risking their own lives? In the cities and out in the rural reaches of this complicated country, suspicion and hostility against the polio eradication program is being fanned by religious extremists, including the Taliban. See less
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Aaron Hollett
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Updated May 27, 2014
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May 27, 2014 (Australia)
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3 wins & 5 nominations

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