Pakistan polio outbreak hits record high
Oct. 06, 2014
Q: Pakistan has recorded its highest number of polio cases in 15 years. Health officials blame the rise on Taliban attacks on immunization teams, which the Islamic militants accuse of being spies and sterilizing boys. Where is Pakistan?
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Q: Pakistan is one of the only three countries in the world where polio remains endemic. The polio virus still plagues Nigeria and Pakistan's northern neighbor . . .
A. Afghanistan
B. India
C. China
D. Iran
Q: Polio was one of the most dreaded childhood diseases of the 20th century before vaccines were first developed in the 1950s in which country?
A. France
B. Soviet Union
C. United Kingdom
D. United States
Q: Earlier this year, the World Health Organization imposed rules which require all Pakistanis to carry proof of polio vaccination before traveling abroad. The continuing polio problem is embarrassing officials in Pakistan's capital . . .
A. Kabul
B. Islamabad
C. New Delhi
D. Tehran
Q: Which nation has been blamed for some of the problems with Pakistan's polio vaccination program?
A. India
B. Russia
C. United States
D. Yemen
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