28/01/2021
Endemic countries, Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV), Polio Endgame Strategy
Pakistan polio snapshot – November 2020
Update on polio eradication efforts in Pakistan for November 2020
In November:
- 1 case of Wild Polio Virus (WPV1) was confirmed
- 39,406,287 children were vaccinated during the November NIDs
- One million children were vaccinated at 121 critical PTPs
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