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Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD) with Dehydration Outbreak (01 May to 24 Dec 2022)
Current Week
2,819 new cases (49.2% under 5)
1 new death
0 new districts reported new alerts
0 samples collected
Cumulative Figures
240,077 cases (<5 years, 55.3%)
87 deaths (77.9% < 5 years), CFR=0.04%
175 districts in all 34 provinces
2,633 samples collected
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During week 51-2022, a total of 2,819 new AWD cases with dehydration and 1 new death were reported which indicates 25% decrease in the number of cases, compared to the previous week (Figure 2).
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The highest number of new AWD cases were reported from Kabul (976, 34.6%), followed by Baghlan (456, 16.2%), Zabul (158, 5.6%) and Hilmand (153, 5.4%) provinces.
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The newly reported death was a female under 5 years old from Nimroz province.
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Cumulatively, Kabul (55,117, 22.9%), Helmand (40,905, 17.5%), Baghlan (17,659, 7.3%), Nangarhar (12,815, 5.4%),
Kandahar (12,663, 5.3%), Jawzjan (9,285, 3.9%) and Paktya (8,653, 3.6%) are the most affected provinces (Figure 1). -
Out of the total 240,077 cases, 132,851 (55.3%) were children below 5 years and 119,912 (50.0%) were females (Figure 3).
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The first few cases of AWD were reported to the National Disease Surveillance and Response System (NDSR), MoPH and WHO on 04 May 2022 from Kandahar city of Kandahar province and spread to 175 districts in 34 provinces.