In Egypt, Pakistan, Nigeria and other countries, people are being warned not to vaccinate their children against polio. Their Muslim leaders tell them this is an American ploy to sterilize them in order to depopulate Islamic countries.
In northern Pakistan, the parents of 24,000 children refused to allow health workers to administer polio vaccinations, and this has led to a sharp increase in cases there. So, Dr. Abdul Ghani Khan went to villages in the area to argue against the Muslim clerics who warn against the polio vaccine. On the way back to his office one day, his car was blown up. He was killed and three colleagues were badly injured.
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