Afghanistan: Infectious Disease Outbreaks - Epidemiological week #44, 2023 (29 Oct-04 Nov 2023)

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Nov 09, 2023

Afghanistan: Infectious Disease Outbreaks - Epidemiological week #44, 2023 (29 Oct-04 Nov 2023)


Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD) with Dehydration Outbreak (01 Jan to 04 Nov 2023)

• The epi-curve of AWD with dehydration cases shows a decreasing trend since the 4th week of August 2023. This decline could be explained by seasonal changes, conclusion of the summer season in the country.

• During week 44-2023; 4,232 AWD with dehydration cases were reported from 155 districts which shows a decrease in the number of cases compared to last week (Figure 1).

• No new AWD with dehydration associated death was reported during week 44-2023.

• Since Jan 2023, a total of 199,568 AWD with dehydration cases were reported, out of which 113,591(56.9%) were under-five children and 99,347 (49.8%) were females (Figure 2).