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Afghanistan: Infectious Disease Outbreaks - Epidemiological Week #17 (20 - 26 Apr 2025) Situation Report #17

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Measles (29 Dec 2024-26 Apr 2025)

• The epi curve of suspected measles cases has shown a steady increase since the beginning of 2025, reaching its highest peak in week 16 with 4,172 reported cases. However, a slight decrease is noticed in the last week (Figure 1). The trend in 2025 is higher than the 3-year average (2022-2024) (Figure 2).

• During week 17-2025, a total of 3,729 suspected cases and 15 associated deaths (CFR=0.4%) were reported, which shows a 10.6% decrease in the number of suspected cases compared to the preceding week.

• Out of the total cases, 1,749 (46.9%) were females and 2,812 (75.4%) were under-five children.

• All of the 15 new deaths were under-five children, while 9 (60.0%) were females, reported from 5 provinces: Herat (6), Helmand (5), Badakhshan (2), Jawzjan (1), and Kabul (1).

• Since the beginning of 2025, 43,922 suspected measles cases and 279 associated deaths (CFR=0.6%) were reported. Out of total cases, 20,397 (46.4%) were females, while 35,092 (79.9%) 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 (39.4), followed by Nuristan (27.8), Jawzjan (25.3), and Urozgan (25.2) (Figure 3).