Afghanistan gripped by multiple disease outbreaks, WHO warns

Prensa Latina
Aug 01, 2022

Afghanistan gripped by multiple disease outbreaks, WHO warns


Kabul, Aug 10 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that Afghanistan is facing up multiple disease outbreaks, including Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD), measles, Congo fever, dengue fever and the Covid-19 pandemic.

The WHO report stressed that there has been a substantial rise in AWD cases nationwide.

Nearly over a number of 19,050 AWD cases have been confirmed in various provinces across Afghanistan, especially Kabul, Paktia, Khost, Paktika, Jawzjan Ghazni, Kandahar, and Zabul provinces.

All provinces are still reporting instances of measles even after a decline in occurrences. As per the report there are total 64,654 cases of measles across Afghanistan, the Afghan local media portal Khaama Press said.

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