 The local Taliban will not hinder anti-polio campaigns in Swat, as long as lady health workers (LHWs) do not accompany the anti-polio teams, Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan told Daily Times on Tuesday. Khan said that teams, with male workers, were free to visit any area. However, he added, the teams would not be allowed to 'force' parents to administer polio drops or to vaccinate their children. "What they have to do is to inform people through mosques about vaccinating their children and then it depends on the parents whether they want to bring children or not." |