03/11/2021
Endemic countries, Vaccination campaigns
Afghanistan
Afghanistan polio snapshot – September 2021
Update on polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan for September 2021
In September:
- No new Wild Poliovirus (WPV1) case and no new cVDPV2 cases were confirmed.
- 809 981 children were vaccinated against polio
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