WHO: Afghanistan faces deadly measles outbreak

Thousands of people infected and almost 100 deaths in Afghanistan are the result of an outbreak of measles. According to World Health Organization (WHO), the country devastated by the crisis runs the risk of facing a wave of deaths if urgent measures are not taken.

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The UN health agency said the outbreak was of particular concern as Afghanistan faces increasing food insecurity and malnutrition.

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“For malnourished children, measles is a death sentence”WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris stressed to reporters in Geneva via a video link from Kabul.

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He highlighted the need to urgently expand surveillance and screening for the disease in the country, stating that it was clear that “a measles outbreak is underway”.

“We have seen more cases this year and we see new cases every day”, He indicated.

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Since the beginning of the year, more than 24,000 cases of this highly contagious disease have been clinically diagnosed in Afghanistan, including 2,397 laboratory-confirmed cases.

“Unfortunately, 87 deaths were also recorded“, Harris added, and warned that”we will see many more if we do not move quickly”.

The United Nations has repeatedly warned that Afghanistan is on the brink of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, as more than half the country faces a “sharp”Food shortages and the boreal winter forces millions of people to choose between emigrating or starving.

Harris said Friday that more than 3 million Afghan children under the age of five are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition by the end of this year.

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