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    TV Episode | 29 min | Documentary, News

Vice

The End of Polio and Collateral Damage (Season 4, Episode 12)
TV-14
TV Episode | 29 min | Documentary, News
'The End of Polio'- Pakistan is the last battleground in the fight to eradicate polio: since the late 80s, new cases of the wild disease have dropped from hundreds of thousands per year to just hundreds. But in Pakistan's poorest areas, ...See more'The End of Polio'- Pakistan is the last battleground in the fight to eradicate polio: since the late 80s, new cases of the wild disease have dropped from hundreds of thousands per year to just hundreds. But in Pakistan's poorest areas, there is widespread distrust of vaccinators, and the Pakistani Taliban have openly condoned violence against them--especially after the CIA used a vaccinator to help track down Osama Bin Laden. VICE's Ben Anderson travels to Karachi to meet with the health workers putting their lives on the line to finally eradicate this disease.'Collateral Damage'- Land mines are deadly weapons of war that remain a threat for years after the fighting is over. But even as international pressure has helped limit the use of land mines, unexploded cluster munitions are still in use--and killing and maiming civilians every day. Kaj Larsen travels to Myanmar and Laos to see the devastating effects of unexploded ordnance and to meet the trained disposal teams working to clean up these weapons before they claim more lives. See less
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Producers
Meher Ahmad (producer) | Erik Osterholm (producer) | David Schankula (producer: head of development)
Composer
Francesco Fantini (background music)
Cinematographers
Nate J. Anderson (segment director of photography) | Jake Burghart (director of photography) | J.J. Kelley (director of photography) | Omar Mullick (segment director of photography) | Jerry Ricciotti (managing director of photography)
Editors
John Chimples | Rob Cosentino (as Robert Cosentino)
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Status
Edit Released
Updated May 6, 2016
Release date
May 6, 2016 (United States)
Awards
Series awards
Won 2 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 4 wins & 24 nominations

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Ben Anderson
Self - Correspondent Self - Correspondent   See fewer
The Battle for Marjah (2010)
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Kaj Larsen
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Vice News (2013)
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