As many as 1,000 children suffered from measles in southern Helmand province last year out of which 30 died, an official said on Saturday. Dr. Ahmad Zia Hayat, head of the Contagious Disease Section at the Public Health…
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…
Despite a decrease in measles cases this year, about 46 children have died from the disease in the past 10 months in northern Kunduz province. Meanwhile, doctors said measles was spreading due to lack of vaccination, urging…
About 5.36 million children aged 9–59 months were vaccinated against measles while 6.1 million children 0-59 months received oral polio vaccine in a nationwide vaccination campaign held from November 26 to December 12, the World Health Organization (WHO)…
More than 279,000 children will be immunized against measles in a campaign launched in southern Kandahar province on Sunday following an increase in children’s deaths from the deadly disease this year. Officials say children will be vaccinated in…
The Public Health Department of southern Kandahar province says measles is on the rise as the weather is getting warm in southern Kandahar province. Mohammad Sediq, director of children’s section at the Mirwais Hospital, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Local health officials in western Badghis province say that more than 800 cases of measles and eight deaths from the disease have been reported in the province in the last four months. Mulaiv Mohammad Asif Qanet, Badghis public…
More than 1.2 million children aged between six and 59 months will be vaccinated during an ongoing measles vaccination campaign in Afghanistan, according to a statement from the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday. Around 9,200 health workers, volunteers,…
Health officials, concerned at the outbreak of measles in Badghis province, say more than 350 children have been infected with the disease and four have died in the last two months. Public Health Director Mohammad Asif Qant told…
A raging measles outbreak infected tens of thousands and killed more than 150 people in Afghanistan last month, says the World Health Organisation (WHO). The Geneva-based UN health agency said on Friday the outbreak was particularly concerning as…
Health officials in central Uruzgan province on Wednesday said measles cases among children in the province had increased in absence of vaccination. Dr. Abdul Ghafar Watanwal, head of Uruzgan Provincial Hospital, in an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan…
Health officials in northeastern Kunduz province say 260 measles cases have been reported so far in 2022, showing a significant increase in the disease compared to last year. Ezatullah Safi, statistical officer at the Kunduz Immunisation Hospital,…
KABUL on Friday announced launching a two-month long preventative measles vaccination campaign across the country from tomorrow (Saturday). The campaign would target 13.8 million children aged nine months to ten years, said Public Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz in a message.…
