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The majority of new cases are in Pakistan, where many vaccination campaigns have been stalled or shut down by suspicions that immunization is a U.S. plot, after the CIA\u2019s use of fake vaccination programs in the hunt for Osama bin Laden, or is forbidden by Islam.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2014\/05\/30\/may-30-2014-pakistan-polio-campaign\/23232\/\" class=\"more\">More <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":20534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[7188,17908,979,417,2330,990,10654],"class_list":["post-23232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","tag-extremism","tag-health","tag-humanitarian","tag-islam","tag-pakistan","tag-terrorism","tag-vaccination","topics-health-and-medicine","topics-humanitarian","topics-international","faith-muslim"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>May 30, 2014 ~ Pakistan Polio Campaign | May 30, 2014 | Religion &amp; 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