Afghanistan
Most of Afghanistan is polio-free. Persistent wild poliovirus transmission is largely estricted to 13 districts in the provinces of Helmand, Kandahar and Uruzgan in the south of the country, where accessing children is difficult due to insecurity and conflict.

 In addition, Afghanistan and neighbouring Pakistan repeatedly re-infect one other, with Afghanistan appearing to receive a higher share of the poliovirus importations. 

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