Pakistan polio snapshot – September 2019

Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for September 2019

In September

• 97,081 million children were vaccinated during the August Case Response Campaigns.
• 1.7 million children were vaccinated at 377 Permanent Transit Points.

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