KABUL (Pajhwok): Public Health Department officials in eastern Nangarhar province say about 2,519 children with measles were hospitalized in last 15 months in the province and 12 of them died.
Public Health Department spokesman Naqibullah Rahimi told Pajhwok Afghan News twelve children had died from measles in the past 15 months in the province.
He said: “About 2,013 children became infected with measles in 2023 and out of which eight children had died.”
Measles cases have been on the rise this year compared to last year, when 1405 children were infected and out of them four died during . . .
