In Pakistan, the term “monsoon child brides” represents a socio-cultural crisis where traditions and growing economic desperation force young girls into early marriage, dramatically perpetuated by climate change. Since the last monsoon, reports indicate that nearly 45 underage girls have been married, from Dadu, Sindh Province of Pakistan in exchange for money (approximately 250,000 […]
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Vaccine hesitancy: Perspective from the global polio eradication program in Balochistan
Sitting in my apartment in Geneva, my thoughts inevitably return to the streets of Quetta, Balochistan (Pakistan) where I led a network of community health workers in Quetta Block who went door to door to raise awareness and immunize children against poliomyelitis. Polio is 99% eradicated but remains endemic in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Following […]