Polio Eradication Update

Polio update - Pakistan and Afghanistan

The Good News:

  • 550,000 children were vaccinated during a humanitarian pause in fighting in Gaza
  • No polio found in the sewer samples in Afghanistan or Pakistan
  • Only 40 polio cases year to date
  • Rotary sponsored a social mobilization program in Pakistan to reach out to families that had previously refused polio vaccinations. As a result of the confidence gained among these families, 5,000 previously unvaccinated children were immunized against polio.

The Bad News:

  • 3 new cases of wild polio reported in Pakistan
  • Afghanistan bans door to door vaccinations

Read a more detailed update here.

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