Afghanistan polio snapshot – April 2020

Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for April 2020

In April

  • 8 cases of wild poliovirus were reported
  • 0.81 million children were vaccinated.
  • Permanent transit teams vaccinated 776,818 children and cross-border teams vaccinated 33,609 children

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