07/01/2020
Endemic countries, Surveillance, Vaccination campaigns
Afghanistan
Afghanistan polio snapshot – November 2019
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for November 2019
In November:
- Two cases of wild poliovirus were reported
- 5.6 million children were vaccinated.
- Permanent transit teams vaccinated 1,723,859 children and cross-border teams vaccinated 163 775 children
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