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Pakistani health officials are rushing to vaccinate more than 200,000 children against polio in Bannu and 3 other districts adjacent to North Waziristan, a Taliban stronghold where the military has launched an operation. The tribal area is also a hotspot for the crippling disease, and there are fears that civilian exodus from it could spread the disease around the country. Children in the district have not been vaccinated since Taliban and local warlords banned health teams from giving out drops in June 2012. Health workers are now vaccinating both resident families in the threatened areas as well as the and newcomers fleeing the offensive.
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