Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication ― Afghanistan, January 2021–September 2022
Abdinoor Mohamed, Irfan Elahi Akbar, Sumangala Chaudhury, Mufti Zubair Wadood, Fazal Ather, Jaume Jorba, Maureen Martinez
Abstract
occurred during July-October 2021, SIAs resumed during November 2021 in all districts after the political transition, and 3.5-4.5 million previously unreachable persons have been vaccinated since. However, restrictions on how SIAs are conducted are still in place in the critical South Region provinces of Kandahar, Helmand, and Uruzgan. If efforts to vaccinate all children are enhanced and expanded, Afghanistan has an opportunity to interrupt WPV1 transmission during 2023.
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MedicinePoliomyelitisOutbreakTransmission (telecommunications)Poliomyelitis eradicationVaccinationSocioeconomicsPoliovirusGovernment (linguistics)DemographyEnvironmental healthVirologyVirusLinguisticsPhilosophyEngineeringSociologyElectrical engineeringViral Infections and Immunology ResearchViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologySARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research