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Pakistan's Polio Fight Provides Structure — And Concern — For COVID Vaccination

8:01am February 06, 2021

by Diaa Hadid

The country had nearly annihilated polio before conspiracy theories gave the disease room to spread. An army of health workers is set to give coronavirus vaccines too — if Pakistanis will take them.

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The Khaliq Dina Hall and Library building in Karachi, Pakistan, has been converted into a COVID-19 vaccination center.

Pakistan's Vaccine Worries: Rich People And Conspiracy Theorists

12:51pm January 29, 2021

by Diaa Hadid

The fifth most populous country has put strategies in place to address anti-vaccine sentiment and prevent elites from using their influence to obtain government vaccines.

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Wall Street Journal newspaper reporter Daniel Pearl was killed by Islamic militants in Pakistan in 2002. A video of his interrogation and death was sent to the U.S. Consulate in Karachi and posted on the Internet.

Pakistan Court Orders Release Of Man Accused Of Killing 'Wall Street Journal' Reporter

7:19pm January 28, 2021

Journalist Daniel Pearl's beheaded body was found in a shallow grave in the Pakistani port city of Karachi in 2002. The murder conviction of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh was overturned last year.

Daniel Pearl, a Wall Street Journal reporter, was killed by militants in Pakistan in 2002.

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Man Charged With Killing Journalist Daniel Pearl Ordered Released By Pakistan Court

2:53pm December 24, 2020

Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh's murder conviction was overturned in April and he was ordered released for time served for kidnapping Pearl. He has remained in detention pending appeals.

Dr. Amir Khalil, a veterinarian from the international animal welfare organization Four Paws International, comforts Kaavan during his examination at the zoo in Islamabad, before leaving for Cambodia.

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'He Will Be A Happier Elephant': Vet Describes What It Was Like To Rescue Kaavan

2:05pm December 05, 2020

by Ashley Westerman

Dr. Amir Khalil, a veterinarian with Four Paws International, says the "world's loneliest elephant" is settling into his new home in Cambodia. Khalil sang Sinatra's "My Way" to help calm Kaavan.

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A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child in Afghanistan's Kandahar province. Taliban opposition to vaccine campaigns have left millions of children unprotected against the virus.

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The Campaign To Wipe Out Polio Was Going Really Well ... Until It Wasn't

3:20pm October 30, 2020

by Jason Beaubien

It looked as if polio would be the second human disease to be eliminated — after smallpox. But "2020 has been a terrible year," the head of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative says.

Idris Khattak disappeared in November. He is pictured with daughters Talia Khan and Shumaisa (in the background), on July 29, 2015, in Islamabad.

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The Disappeared Of Pakistan Have New Champions: Young Women

12:00pm July 21, 2020

They're speaking out and leading protests to learn the fate of fathers and brothers who are among the many hundreds of disappeared Pakistanis — most of them men. Are they making a difference?

Antonio Cartagena, an accordion player in a mariachi group meets his bandmates on the street in Medellin, Colombia.

How 6 Problem-Solvers Tackled Pandemic Challenges In Their Neighborhoods

8:26pm July 12, 2020

by NPR Staff

From a generous urban farmer to a roving mariachi band, people are using their talents to help others. Read their stories — then nominate a problem-solver in your community.

A health worker in personal protective equipment stands in a COVID-19 intensive care unit in Taiz, Yemen.

'I Will Kill You': Health Care Workers Face Rising Attacks Amid COVID-19 Outbreak

4:46pm June 29, 2020

by Malaka Gharib

A doctor in Yemen says he was threatened at gunpoint when treating a patient infected with the virus. The incident is part of a larger trend of pandemic-related attacks worldwide.

A policeman guards a street sealed by the authorities at a residential area in Lahore on June 17 as COVID-19 cases continue to rise.

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Pandemic Panic In Pakistan: 'People Are Just Literally Fighting For Beds"

10:53am June 19, 2020

That's the perspective of Dr. Samar Fakhar, a surgeon at the government-run Khyber Teaching Hospital, as cases surge and tensions rise.

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