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Measles (29 Dec 2024-19 Apr 2025)
• The epidemiological curve of suspected measles cases has shown a steady increase since the beginning of 2025. The trend in 2025 is higher than the 3-year average (2022-2024) (Figure 2).
• During week 16-2025, a total of 4,169 suspected cases and 27 associated deaths (CFR=0.6%) were reported which shows a 13.0% increase in the number of suspected cases compared to the preceding week. The number of cases reported this week marks the highest weekly number of cases reported in a single week during the past 4 years. It surpassed the highest weekly recorded number of cases (3,818) on week 15-2022. Out of the total cases, 2,025 (48.6%) were females and 3,178 (76.2%) were under-five children.
• Out of 27 new deaths, 25 (92.6%) were under-five children, while 12 (44.4%) were females, reported from 8 provinces: Herat (9), Kabul (5), Helmand (4), Kandahar (3), Badakhshan (2), Jawzjan (2), Farah (1), and Takhar (1).
• Since the beginning of 2025, 40,190 suspected measles cases and 264 associated deaths (CFR=0.7%) were reported. Out of total cases, 18,645 (46.4%) were females, while 32,277 (80.3%) 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 (35.7), followed by Nuristan (25.9), Urozgan (23.5), and Jawzjan (23.5) (Figure 3).