The World Health Organization published a report stating that 600,000 children in Afghanistan have received the measles vaccine so far, and said that since the beginning of 2024, a total of 31,883 cases of suspected measles and 139 deaths have been reported throughout Afghanistan.
Publish dateSaturday 22 June 2024 - 08:48
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World Health Organization:
About 600,000 children in Afghanistan have received measles vaccine
Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Kabul: While the figures of measles cases in Afghanistan are reported to be increasing, the World Health Organization has announced the vaccination of about 600,000 Afghan children.
By publishing a report on infectious diseases, this organization said that since the beginning of 2024, a total of 31,883 suspected cases of measles and 139 deaths due to it have been reported throughout Afghanistan.
According to this organization, more than 80% of the suspected cases are children under the age of five, and more than 45% were women and girls.
The World Health Organization has stated that the suspected cases of measles have been on the rise since the beginning of the year and said that the number of this disease is higher than in 2023 and the average of the two years before that.
The report of this organization shows that in terms of suspected cases, Surhkan, Khost, Balkh, Samangan and Jawzjan respectively have the highest numbers.
The World Health Organization has said: "In May 2024, the first round of the acceleration campaign for 90 thousand and 323 children aged 9 to 59 months in 25 districts of 12 provinces (Midan Wardak, Bamian, Parwan, Panjshir, Uruzgan, Paktia, Paktika, Ghazni, Baghlan, Nuristan) , Samangan and Badghis) were vaccinated. In this way, the number of children aged 9 to 59 months vaccinated in two stages reaches 593 thousand and 592 children in 25 provinces.
In addition to the vaccine, the World Health Organization has trained 206 people in the collection, storage, and transportation of measles patient samples in the central, western, and southern zones, and has distributed 126 measles disease management packages in its affiliated health centers across Afghanistan.
The government's Ministry of Public Health has not yet reacted to the report of Doctors Without Borders, but previously Doctors Without Borders has stressed the need to take serious preventive measures to prevent the spread of this disease while being concerned about the increase in measles cases in Afghanistan.
Doctors Without Borders says children are more vulnerable to the disease because children in Afghanistan don't receive their first dose of measles vaccine until they are nine months old.
The organization has emphasized: "To reduce the peak and mortality in the future among infants, Doctors Without Borders recommends that the first dose of measles vaccine be injected at six months of age and that continuous efforts be made to vaccinate all children in Afghanistan against this disease."
Dr. Pix Ohi Raghi, the health coordinator of Doctors Without Borders in Afghanistan, said that the main priority of this organization is to treat and treat the sick, but this is not enough and the best way to fight measles is prevention through vaccination.
According to him, children who are six months old and have not received the vaccine and are now disproportionately affected should be covered.
The statistics of suspected cases of measles from January 1st to 15th of current year are about 31 thousand 900 cases and 139 cases of death due to it, the World Health Organization in 12 months of 2023 about 25 thousand suspected cases of measles and 64 deaths due to it. He had registered this disease in Afghanistan.
By publishing a report on infectious diseases, this organization said that since the beginning of 2024, a total of 31,883 suspected cases of measles and 139 deaths due to it have been reported throughout Afghanistan.
According to this organization, more than 80% of the suspected cases are children under the age of five, and more than 45% were women and girls.
The World Health Organization has stated that the suspected cases of measles have been on the rise since the beginning of the year and said that the number of this disease is higher than in 2023 and the average of the two years before that.
The report of this organization shows that in terms of suspected cases, Surhkan, Khost, Balkh, Samangan and Jawzjan respectively have the highest numbers.
The World Health Organization has said: "In May 2024, the first round of the acceleration campaign for 90 thousand and 323 children aged 9 to 59 months in 25 districts of 12 provinces (Midan Wardak, Bamian, Parwan, Panjshir, Uruzgan, Paktia, Paktika, Ghazni, Baghlan, Nuristan) , Samangan and Badghis) were vaccinated. In this way, the number of children aged 9 to 59 months vaccinated in two stages reaches 593 thousand and 592 children in 25 provinces.
In addition to the vaccine, the World Health Organization has trained 206 people in the collection, storage, and transportation of measles patient samples in the central, western, and southern zones, and has distributed 126 measles disease management packages in its affiliated health centers across Afghanistan.
The government's Ministry of Public Health has not yet reacted to the report of Doctors Without Borders, but previously Doctors Without Borders has stressed the need to take serious preventive measures to prevent the spread of this disease while being concerned about the increase in measles cases in Afghanistan.
Doctors Without Borders says children are more vulnerable to the disease because children in Afghanistan don't receive their first dose of measles vaccine until they are nine months old.
The organization has emphasized: "To reduce the peak and mortality in the future among infants, Doctors Without Borders recommends that the first dose of measles vaccine be injected at six months of age and that continuous efforts be made to vaccinate all children in Afghanistan against this disease."
Dr. Pix Ohi Raghi, the health coordinator of Doctors Without Borders in Afghanistan, said that the main priority of this organization is to treat and treat the sick, but this is not enough and the best way to fight measles is prevention through vaccination.
According to him, children who are six months old and have not received the vaccine and are now disproportionately affected should be covered.
The statistics of suspected cases of measles from January 1st to 15th of current year are about 31 thousand 900 cases and 139 cases of death due to it, the World Health Organization in 12 months of 2023 about 25 thousand suspected cases of measles and 64 deaths due to it. He had registered this disease in Afghanistan.
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