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workers, which are hampering the eradication of the virus in some countries with large Moslem populations.
"Shooting health workers who are protecting kids from this crippling disease is against the Koran and everything Islam stands for," WHO's Assistant Director-General Bruce Aylward told Rooters in Canberra said on Friday.
Gunmen in Pakistain and Nigeria have killed more than 20 health workers in the past three months in a series of attacks linked to a backlash against the immunisation programme against the crippling virus.
"Moslem leaders have been great advocates of immunisation and generally the support has always been there. In Cairo, we are meeting senior Islamic leaders to get a sense of what we can do, and ask them how can you help us," said Aylward.