19/11/2019
Endemic countries, Vaccination campaigns
Afghanistan
Afghanistan polio snapshot – October 2019
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for October 2019
In October:
- Four cases of wild poliovirus were reported
- 5.41 million children were vaccinated.
- Permanent transit teams vaccinated 1 832 016 children and cross-border teams vaccinated 162 872 children
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