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Measles (29 Dec 2024-17 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 20-2025, a total of 4,043 suspected cases and 21 associated deaths (CFR=0.5%) were reported, which shows a 6.2% increase in the number of suspected cases compared to the preceding week.
• Out of the total cases, 2,027 (50.1%) were females and 2,951 (73.0%) were under-five children.
• Out of 21 new deaths, 19 (90.5%) were under-five children, while 11 (52.4%) were females, reported from 9 provinces: Helmand (6), Kabul (5), Herat (4), Badakhshan (1), Badghis (1), Baghlan (1), Bamyan (1), Jawzjan (1), and Samangan (1).
• Since the beginning of 2025, around 55,678 suspected measles cases and 357 associated deaths (CFR=0.6%) were reported. Out of total cases, 26,125 (46.9%) were females, while 43,840 (78.7%) 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 (50.2), followed by Nuristan (37.0), Badakhshan (32.5), Jawzjan (30.6), and Urozgan (28.5) (Figure 3).