Pakistani immunization workers protested Wednesday in Karachi against the killing of their colleagues by militants.Credit...Rizwan Tabassum/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images LAHORE, Pakistan — The front-line heroes of Pakistan’s war on polio are its volunteers: young women who tread fearlessly from door to door, in slums and highland villages, administering precious drops of vaccine to children
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