Polio
📍 Afghanistan
All Polio outbreaks →PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY OF INTERNATIONAL CONCERN (PHEIC)
Cumulative cases since outbreak start — Official bulletin dated 2026-07-22
•Public Health Emergency of International Concern — WHO's highest alert level.
Official report date — in isolated zones, field onset typically precedes this by days to weeks.
Poliomyelitis (wild poliovirus, WPV1) in Afghanistan - 15 confirmed WPV1 cases since the start of 2026, per GPEI's country update of 22 July 2026, including 4 new cases from Kabul, Nangarhar and Uruzgan with paralysis onset in June 2026 (most recent case: 25 June 2026). Seven WPV1-positive environmental samples were also reported, from Hilmand, Kabul, Kandahar, Nangarhar and Zabul. Total for 2025: 21 cases. Afghanistan is one of two countries with endemic wild poliovirus transmission.
Case trend
First actions
- →Notify WHO National Focal Point within 24 h — IHR Art. 6 obligation
- →Activate Incident Management System (IMS) or Emergency Operations Centre
- →Dispatch field investigation team — confirm case definition and epicentre
- →Brief senior health authority and issue first situation report
Cite this page (Vancouver)
HealthWatch Global. Polio outbreak — Afghanistan [Internet]. 2026-07-22 [cited 2026 Aug 14]. Available from: https://healthwatch-global.com/en/outbreak/b0f473be-a367-464e-ab32-3cdc43aa7815. Data source: Official.
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