Afghanistan polio snapshot – March 2021

Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for March 2021

In March:

  • No case of WPV1 was confirmed
  • 6,649,243 children were vaccinated against polio during the March National Immunisation Days (NIDs)

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