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• 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), however, the number of suspected cases has been steadily declining over the past 4 weeks. The trend in 2025 is higher than the 3-year average (2022-2024) (Figure 2).
• During week 24-2025, a total of 2,683 suspected cases and 13 associated deaths (CFR=0.5%) were reported, which shows an 11.1% increase in the number of suspected cases compared to the preceding week.
• Out of the total 2,683 cases, 1,224 (45.6%) were females and 2,000 (74.5%) were under-five children.
• All of 13 new deaths were under-five, while 8 (61.5%) were females, reported from 6 provinces: Herat (6), Farah (2), Faryab (2), Jawzjan (1), Badakhshan (1), and Kandahar (1).
• Since the beginning of 2025, 67,586 suspected measles cases and 423 associated deaths (CFR=0.6%) were reported.
Out of total cases, 31,734 (47.0%) were females, while 52,542 (77.7%) 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 (61.4), followed by Badakhshan (41.3), Nuristan (40.6), Jawzjan (37.3), and Urozgan (32.2) (Figure 3).