Emergency and Humanitarian Action, August 2017

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Afghan returnees received outpatient services at the Torkham border while a total of 9455 Afghan returnee children received polio (OPV and IPV) and measles vaccinations with WHO support in August.
Insecurity and conflict continue to disrupt health services: the Oshey comprehensive health centre in Uruzgan and the Treakh Nawer and Sangin comprehensive health centres in Helmand remain closed while a few health facilities were able to resume operations in both provinces during August.
The Nawa centre in Helmand is fully closed while 5 other health facilities remain partially closed.
Bans by anti-government elements on the distribution of medical supplies to 4 health facilities in the Gezab district of Urozgan province hamper health service delivery in the district.
As of 26 August 2017, 2360 undocumented returnees and 1544 refugees returned through Torkham (IOM/UNHCR). During the same period, 1512 documented returnees have returned from Pakistan through the Spinboldak border.
453 families, 17 568 individuals and 181 unaccompanied minors returned from Islamic Republic of Iran through the Milak border of Nimruz province.
One new wild poliovirus case (WPV1) was reported in August, from Zabul province, bringing the total number of polio cases to 6 in 2017.