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Measles (29 Dec 2024-10 May 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 (Figure 1). The trend in 2025 is higher than the 3-year average (2022- 2024) (Figure 2).
• During week 19-2025, a total of 3,744 suspected cases and 30 associated deaths (CFR=0.8%) were reported, which shows a slight decrease in the number of suspected cases compared to the preceding week.
• Out of the total cases, 1,842 (49.2%) were females and 2,821 (75.3%) were under-five children.
• All of 30 new deaths were under-five children, while 18 (60.0%) were females, reported from 9 provinces: Herat (11), Helmand (6), Badakhshan (3), Jawzjan (3), Kabul (2), Khost (2), Farah (1), Kandahar (1), and Kunar (1).
• Since the beginning of 2025, 51,571 suspected measles cases and 336 associated deaths (CFR=0.7%) were reported. Out of total cases, 24,066 (46.7%) were females, while 40,849 (79.2%) 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 (46.6), followed by Nuristan (34.3), Badakhshan (28.9), Jawzjan (28.9), and Urozgan (27.6) (Figure 3).