Militant Islamism and Vaccine Skepticism
Since 2012, the majority of new polio cases have occurred in countries that are home to Islamist insurgencies. Understanding the political dynamics that drive militants' hostility to vaccination efforts is crucial to eradicating the virus.
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LONDON – We know how to eradicate polio. Since the 1980s, an international vaccination effort led by the World Health Organization has driven the virus to the cusp of extinction. A disease that killed or paralyzed a half-million people annually now infects only a few hundred.