20/09/2018
Endemic countries, Social mobilization, Vaccination campaigns
Afghanistan
Afghanistan polio snapshot – August 2018
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for August 2018
In August
-Intensified eradication efforts are continuing in Afghanistan, in close cross-border coordination with Pakistan.
-Efforts are focusing on reaching children in hard-to-reach areas, and among mobile population groups.
-Subnational surveillance sensitivity continues to be strengthened.
For full update please click on pdf below.
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