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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