Why does Pakistan continue to suffer from polio, despite billions of dollars spent on eradication programmes?
![There is rarely any attempt at effective communication about the vaccinations to the recipient population, writes Altaf [AFP/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014519132321163734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Dr Samia Altaf, a public health physician, was the 2007-08 Pakistan Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC. She is the author of So Much Aid, So Little Development: Stories from Pakistan published by the Johns Hopkins University Press in 2011.
Why does Pakistan continue to suffer from polio, despite billions of dollars spent on eradication programmes?
![There is rarely any attempt at effective communication about the vaccinations to the recipient population, writes Altaf [AFP/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014519132321163734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)