KABUL (Pajhwok) The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) recorded 125,788 positive malaria cases in the country last year, showing a 45 percent increase.
MoPH spokesman Sharafat Zaman in a voice message on the occasion of World Malaria Day said 125,788 positive cases of malaria were diagnosed nationwide in 2022.
He said from 2016 to 2023, the incidence of malaria in Afghanistan decreased by almost 67 percent.
"Compared to 2021, a 45 percent increase was recorded in malaria cases in 2022 and the reason is that people have access to health services and cases are recorded," Zaman said.
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