Global polio eradication initiative - India

A burkha clad vaccinator giving the drops to a child in the Karula district in Moradabad city. Moradabad has the highest number of polio cases of any district in India. The area's Muslim population had shown resistance to the project but now most of the resistance is over and only a few families are still refusing to take the vaccine.

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A burkha clad vaccinator giving the drops to a child in the Karula district in Moradabad city. Moradabad has the highest number of polio cases of any district in India. The area's Muslim population had shown resistance to the project but now most of the resistance is over and only a few families are still refusing to take the vaccine.