08/04/2020
Social mobilization, Surveillance, Vaccination campaigns
Afghanistan
Afghanistan polio snapshot – February 2020
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for February 2020
In February:
- 2 cases of wild poliovirus were reported
- 6.7 million children were vaccinated.
- Permanent transit teams vaccinated 1,800,000 children and cross-border teams vaccinated 124, 309 children
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