The Afghanistan polio snapshot gives a monthly update on key information and activities of the polio eradication initiative in Afghanistan.

August updates include:

• One new case of wild poliovirus was reported, bringing the total number of cases to 6 in 2017
• National vaccination campaigns were carried out across all 34 provinces, aimed at reaching over 9.9 million children under 5 with oral polio vaccine OPV
• Over 155,000 children were reached in IPV-OPV campaigns across 8 districts in the Southern region