Facebook To Help In Drive Against Polio In Pakistan

Facebook To Help In Drive Against Polio In Pakistan

Social media giant has agreed to remove anti-vaccine content as it fights to eradicate polio.

Pakistan says Facebook will help the country in its fight against polio after authorities blamed anti-vaccine content posted last year on the social network site for a leap in the number of cases.

By 2018 just 12 cases had been recorded, but to the dismay of Pakistani authorities and the World Health Organization, that number soared to 136 last year.

Pakistan is one of only three countries where polio has not been eradicated, but a years-long effort began to show fruit with a major drop in cases from 2016.

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