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The World Health Organization says the Pakistani polio vaccination campaign is temporarily suspended because of "multiple attacks" against health workers.

At least eight Pakistani health workers were shot to death this week all over Pakistan as they administered the vaccination to children. The Associated Press is reporting a ninth person has died: a 20-year-old man who'd been shot in the head in Peshawar.

As NPR's Dina Temple-Raston reported yesterday, six people were killed on Tuesday as they went house-to-house to treat children. At that time, Pakistan was determined to continue vaccinating children. Now the WHO says Pakistan and "affected" provinces are concerned over the safety of health workers, and they're shutting the program down for now. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called the slayings "senseless and inexcusable".

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Anti-Polio Campaign Suspended in Pakistan After 8 Murders -- Voice of America
Pakistan polio program suspended -- Sydney Morning Herald
Pakistan’s polio vaccine program proving lethal for health workers -- National Post
Pakistan reports 9th death in polio team attacks -- AP
Female Vaccination Workers, Essential in Pakistan, Become Prey -- New York Times
Pakistan polio campaign attacks 'horrific' -- BBC
Pakistani Clerics Condemn Attacks on Polio Workers -- Voice of America
Pakistan clerics calls for protests against polio worker killings -- Reuters
Polio workers speak out on Pakistan attacks -- BBC
Militants and rumours undermine Pakistan polio fight -- AFP
Western plot to sterilize Muslims? Polio vaccine rumors spark killings in Pakistan -- NBC