⚠Situational awareness tool — not an operational trigger. Any mobilization requires direct WHO verification and validation through your institutional protocol.
Confirmed cases
6
Deaths
0
Case fatality rate
0.0%
Cumulative cases since outbreak start — WHO bulletin dated 2023-01-01
•Active response underway — field teams mobilised.
Report date : 2023-01-01
Official report date — in isolated zones, field onset typically precedes this by days to weeks.
Region : asia
Poliomyelitis (wild poliovirus) in Afghanistan — 6 confirmed WPV cases in 2023. Source: WHO Global Health Observatory / GPEI.
Case trend
Insufficient data (< 7 days)
🔄Last checked by HealthWatch : 25d ago
Cite this page (Vancouver)
HealthWatch Global. Polio outbreak — Afghanistan [Internet]. 2023-01-01 [cited 2026 Aug 14]. Available from: https://healthwatch-global.com/en/outbreak/9db0c511-ce67-40e2-93ae-10828c1300f1. Data source: WHO.
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