Pakistan polio snapshot – August 2021

Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for August 2021

 

In August:

  • No case of WPV1 was confirmed
  • 23.4 million children were vaccinated during sNIDs.
  • 1 million children were vaccinated at 121 Permanent Transit Points

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