In Afghanistan, concerted and tactical efforts at the community level in the Southern Region are targeted at reaching more children with polio vaccine in areas that are difficult to access.
National immunization Days (NIDs) using bivalent OPV have been conducted in May, with further supplementary immunization activities (SIAs) planned for June.
Laboratory stocks must be contained and safe management of the wild virus in inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) manufacturing sites must be assured before the world can be certified polio-free.