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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