Measles Outbreaks in Afghanistan
Afghanistan has been facing multiple measles outbreaks recently. As Afghanistan is currently witnessing a severe humanitarian crisis, controlling measles outbreaks has become very challenging due to the country's nearly collapsed health infrastructure. Even though there have been years of effor...
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| author | Abubakr Yosufi Hedayatullah Ehsan Ali Maisam Eshraqi Abdul Majeed Momeni |
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| description | Afghanistan has been facing multiple measles outbreaks recently. As Afghanistan is currently witnessing a severe humanitarian crisis, controlling measles outbreaks has become very challenging due to the country's nearly collapsed health infrastructure. Even though there have been years of efforts to eliminate measles such as measles vaccination and campaigns, multiple outbreaks and dozens of fatalities are reported every year. Lately a widespread measles vaccination campaign was held in 2022, but still, thousands of measles cases were reported afterwards. Severe widespread poverty, decades of civil unrest, armed conflict, and recently coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and lack of funding have been a huge obstacle to curb the disease. To eliminate the disease and prevent its spread to measles-free countries through migration, Afghanistan needs immediate global support.
Purpose: This paper aims to comment on the measles outbreak challenges amid the current severe humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, along with recommendations to overcome the persistent outbreaks. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3c4dd7c0c5ee4ff589b1630908ddfa2c2025-02-07T11:19:55ZengJaypee Brothers Medical PublisherPediatric Infectious Disease2582-49882024-03-0161293110.5005/jp-journals-10081-14137Measles Outbreaks in AfghanistanAbubakr Yosufi0Hedayatullah Ehsan1Ali Maisam Eshraqi2Abdul Majeed Momeni3Medical School, Kabul University of Medical Sciences, Kabul, Afghanistan, Phone: +93747236767Medical Sciences Research Center, Ghalib University, Kabul, AfghanistanDepartment of Endodontics and Operative Dentistry, Kabul University of Medical Sciences, Kabul, AfghanistanDepartment of Dentistry, Lecturer of Oral Surgery, Cheragh Medical Institute, Kabul, AfghanistanAfghanistan has been facing multiple measles outbreaks recently. As Afghanistan is currently witnessing a severe humanitarian crisis, controlling measles outbreaks has become very challenging due to the country's nearly collapsed health infrastructure. Even though there have been years of efforts to eliminate measles such as measles vaccination and campaigns, multiple outbreaks and dozens of fatalities are reported every year. Lately a widespread measles vaccination campaign was held in 2022, but still, thousands of measles cases were reported afterwards. Severe widespread poverty, decades of civil unrest, armed conflict, and recently coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and lack of funding have been a huge obstacle to curb the disease. To eliminate the disease and prevent its spread to measles-free countries through migration, Afghanistan needs immediate global support. Purpose: This paper aims to comment on the measles outbreak challenges amid the current severe humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, along with recommendations to overcome the persistent outbreaks.https://www.pidjournal.com/doi/PID/pdf/10.5005/jp-journals-10081-1413afghanistancoronavirus disease 2019 pandemichumanitarian crisismeaslesmeasles eradicationmeasles outbreaks |
| spellingShingle | Abubakr Yosufi Hedayatullah Ehsan Ali Maisam Eshraqi Abdul Majeed Momeni Measles Outbreaks in Afghanistan Pediatric Infectious Disease afghanistan coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic humanitarian crisis measles measles eradication measles outbreaks |
| title | Measles Outbreaks in Afghanistan |
| title_full | Measles Outbreaks in Afghanistan |
| title_fullStr | Measles Outbreaks in Afghanistan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measles Outbreaks in Afghanistan |
| title_short | Measles Outbreaks in Afghanistan |
| title_sort | measles outbreaks in afghanistan |
| topic | afghanistan coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic humanitarian crisis measles measles eradication measles outbreaks |
| url | https://www.pidjournal.com/doi/PID/pdf/10.5005/jp-journals-10081-1413 |
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