{"id":20506,"date":"2013-10-04T17:02:04","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T21:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=20506"},"modified":"2013-10-23T14:41:56","modified_gmt":"2013-10-23T18:41:56","slug":"october-4-2013-pakistan-polio-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2013\/10\/04\/october-4-2013-pakistan-polio-campaign\/20506\/","title":{"rendered":" Pakistan Polio Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"

The polio virus has been eradicated in most of the world, but Pakistan is one of the few countries where it is still a problem. Programs to vaccinate children have been hampered by suspicions about the purpose of the vaccinations, religious concerns about the vaccines, violence from extremists, and critics who say Pakistan has more pressing problems to deal with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Programs to vaccinate children here have been hampered by a suspicions about the purpose of the vaccinations, violence from extremists, and critics who say Pakistan has more pressing problems to deal with. 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