Militant attacks and suspicion stemming from misinformation are hampering Pakistan's battle to eradicate polio, but teams of dedicated volunteer health workers are determined to fight on.
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00:00I am also a polio affected person.
00:29I have always wanted to play my part in the end of polio when I grow up.
00:55Every time we are going into polio mode,
00:59we have these community boycotts and demands going up.
01:03We need water, we need roads to be built.
01:06These are demands much beyond the mandate of the Pakistan Polio Programme.
01:30I had a lot of objections to the polio boycott.
01:33I didn't want to do it.
01:35Then I went to the police station.
01:37I went to the police station.
01:39The police came to me and said,
01:41I want to take my children with me.
01:43I said, you can do it too.
01:45The police came to me and said,
01:47I want to take my children with me.
01:59I want to take my children with me.