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Measles (29 Dec 2024-12 Apr 2025)
• The epidemiological curve of suspected measles cases has shown a steady increase since the beginning of 2025, this is the highest weekly number of reported cases since week 15-2022 when 3,818 cases were reported (Figure 1). The trend in 2025 is higher than the 3-years average (2022-2024) (Figure 2).
• During week 15-2025, a total of 3,688 suspected cases and 27 associated deaths (CFR=0.7%) were reported which shows a 14.9% increase in the number of suspected cases compared to the preceding week. Out of the total cases, 1,798 (48.8%) were females and 2,875 (78.0%) were under-five children.
• Out of 27 new deaths, 26 (96.3%) were under-five children, while 12 (44.4%) were females reported from 8 provinces: Herat (13), Helmand (5), Kabul (3), Badakhshan (2), Kandahar (1), Nimroz (1), Urozgan (1) and Zabul (1).
• Since the beginning of 2025, 36,021 cases of suspected measles and 237 associated deaths (CFR=0.7%) were reported. Out of total cases, 16,620 (46.1%) were females, while 29,099 (80.8%) were under-five children.
• Since the beginning of 2025, the highest cumulative incidence of suspected measles cases per 10,000 population has been reported from Helmand (31.3), followed by Nuristan (24.0), Urozgan (22.4), and Jawzjan (21.3) (Figure 3).