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Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Wall Street Journal Examines Polio Vaccinations In Afghanistan
In a story about polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the Wall Street Journal examines how the Taliban and international health agencies are working together to promote oral vaccination campaigns across the country. Vaccination campaign volunteers usually bring a "single-page letter requesting people to cooperate, 'for the benefit of our next generations.' The letter's signatory: Mullah Mohammad Omar, the one-eyed supreme leader of the Taliban," according to the Wall Street Journal.
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