Polio has been eradicated over most of the world, but Pakistan is still fighting the disease, in part because of skepticism about vaccines. One woman is fighting to change that…
Abdullah Khan’s 11-month-old son, Hamza, contracted polio after the family refused to let a visiting health team in Pakistan’s Balochistan region give his child vaccination drops. He’s now urging other parents not to make the same mistake. Pakistan resumed a polio-vaccination campaign in July after efforts were halted by attacks on aid workers and the coronavirus pandemic