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Groups Resisting Global Polio Vaccination Efforts

Brian Padden

Published June 09, 2012

International health experts say the global campaign to eradicate polio has reached a critical stage, with Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria the only countries where the crippling and potentially deadly virus is still prevalent. VOA’s Brian Padden has more.

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