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Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD) with Dehydration Outbreak (01 May to 24 Dec 2022)
Current Week
2,782 new cases (57.3% under 5)
0 new deaths
0 new districts reported new alerts
2 samples collected
Cumulative Figures
242,562 cases (<5 years, 55.3%)
87 deaths (78.1% < 5 years), CFR=0.04%
175 districts in all 34 provinces
2,635 samples collected
• During week 52-2022, a total of 2,782 new AWD cases with dehydration were reported which indicates 1.3% decrease in the number of cases, compared to the previous week (Figure 2).
• No new deaths were reported during the last week.
• The highest number of new AWD cases were reported from Kabul (1,010, 36.3%), followed by Baghlan (467, 16.8%), Zabul (258, 9.3%) and Hirat (132, 4.7%) provinces.
• Cumulatively, Kabul (56,106, 23.1%), Helmand (41,023, 16.9%), Baghlan (18,119, 7.5%), Nangarhar (12,845, 5.3%), Kandahar (12,748, 5.3%), Jawzjan (9,371, 3.9%) and Paktya (8,762, 3.6%) are the most affected provinces (Figure 1).
• Out of the total 242,562 cases, 134,192 (55.3%) were children below 5 years and 121,167 (50.0%) were females (Figure 3).
• The first few cases of AWD were reported to the National Dis-ease Surveillance and Response System (NDSR), MoPH and WHO on 04 May 2022 from Kandahar city of Kandahar prov-ince and spread to 175 districts in 34 provinces.