21/04/2020
Endemic countries, Social mobilization, Vaccination campaigns
Afghanistan
Afghanistan polio snapshot – March 2020
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for March 2020
In March
- 1 case of wild poliovirus were reported
- 0.32 million children were vaccinated.
- Permanent transit teams vaccinated 2,000,000 children and cross-border teams vaccinated 45, 019 children
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