27/02/2020
Endemic countries, Vaccination campaigns
Afghanistan
Afghanistan polio snapshot – January 2020
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for January 2020
In January:
- No cases of wild poliovirus were reported
- 9.9 million children were vaccinated.
- Permanent transit teams vaccinated 1,743,299 children and cross-border teams vaccinated 117, 232 children
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