Pakistan polio snapshot – August 2021

Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for August 2021

In August:

No case of WPV1 was confirmed
23.4 million children were vaccinated during sNIDs.
1 million children were vaccinated at 121 Permanent Transit Points

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