PHM-Exch> The CIA’s Deadly Ruse: Murdered Health Workers and the Return of Polio

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Daniel Hougendobler <dah93 at law.georgetown.edu>


O'Neill Institute Blog has posted a new item, 'The CIA’s Deadly Ruse:
Murdered
Health Workers and the Return of Polio'

In early 2011, a CIA-recruited Pakistani doctor, Shakil Afridi, entered
Osama
Bin Laden’s compound posing as a Hepatitis B vaccination worker. His real
intention was to gather samples of the Bin Laden family’s DNA to aid the CIA
in locating the Al Qaeda leader. Although Dr. Afridi was apparently
unsuccessful, the CIA’s actions would have dire consequences for vaccine
workers—and for the fight against vaccine-preventable diseases.

On Tuesday, the Obama administration indicated it would no longer employ
vaccination programs in its intelligence efforts. This announcement came in
response to a letter, sent by the deans of twelve U.S. schools of public
health,
condemning the practice.

The damage, however, has already been done.

You may view the latest post at
http://www.oneillinstituteblog.org/cias-deadly-ruse-murdered-health-workers-return-polio/
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