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Half of Pakistan's 58 polio cases in 2012 were in children who received oral polio vaccine

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http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/medical_countermeasures/322610-poor-cold-chain-facilities-linked-to-pakistani-polio-cases/
Poor cold chain facilities linked to Pakistani polio cases
Published on February 26, 2013 by Bryan Cohen
Polio

Health authorities in Pakistan recently complained to the World Health Organization after half of its 58 polio cases in 2012 were in children who received oral polio vaccine.

Abdul Wakeel, the assistant director of Pakistan?s expanded program on immunization in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said that the country told the UN body its concerns about the efficacy of the OPV. He said that when people see children getting sick despite receiving the vaccine, they lose confidence in its ability to protect their children, SciDev.net reports...
 
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