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Dr Fiona Braka, Immunization Team Lead for WHO Nigeria, speaks about fighting polio outbreaks and toppling gender barriers.

Summary of new WPV and cVDPV viruses this week (AFP cases and environmental samples):

• Afghanistan: three WPV1 cases, two WPV1 positive environmental samples and fourcVDPV2 cases

• Pakistan: two WPV1 cases, and five WPV1 positive environmental samples

• Cameroon: one cVDPV2 positive environmental sample

• Chad: 23 cVDPV2 cases

• Côte d’Ivoire: eight cVDPV2 positive environmental samples

• Togo: two cVDPV2 cases