Poliomyelitis has been eliminated from all countries of the world except Pakistan
and Afghanistan. One of the major reasons is the stigmas associated with the
polio vaccine that has been repetitively discussed in literature, and
governments of both the countries are already making serious efforts to control
this public health challenge, but till this moment, the state officials have not
introduced any surveillance strategy for the security of polio workers in
National Emergency Action Plan (NEAP) for Polio Eradication. This report
highlights the issue of targeted killing and terrorism attacks on polio
vaccinators in Pakistan and also devises a surveillance strategy to provide
security to polio workers at immediate possible because the current chaos in
Afghanistan will ultimately lead to more terrorist attacks on polio
vaccinators.