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Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD) with Dehydration Outbreak (01 May to 05 Nov 2022)

Current Week

3,734 new cases (54.9% under 5)

1 new death

1 new district (Khost) reported new alert

16 samples collected

Cumulative Figures

222,337 cases (<5 years, 55.2%)

80 deaths (76.2% < 5 years), CFR=0.04%

173 districts in all 34 provinces

2,578 samples collected

• During week 46-2022, a total of 3,734 new AWD cases with dehydration and 1 new death were reported which indicates 16.1% and 50.0% decrease in the number of cases and deaths, respectively, compared to the previous week (Figure 2).

• The highest number of new AWD cases were reported from Kabul (1,204, 32.2%), followed by Baghlan (547, 14.7%), Hel-mand (231, 6.2%) and Zabul (189, 5.1%) provinces.

• The newly reported death was a female below 5 from Parwan province.

• Cumulatively, Kabul (49,662, 22.3%), Helmand (38,651, 17.4%), Baghlan (15,226, 6.8%), Nangarhar (12,350, 5.6%), and Kandahar (11,933, 5.4%), are the most affected provinces (Figure 1).

• Out of the total 222,337 cases, 122,813 (55.2%) were children below 5 years and 111,219 (50.0%) were females (Figure 3).

• The first few cases of AWD were reported to the National Dis-ease Surveillance and Response System (NDSR), MoPH and WHO on 04 May 2022 from Kandahar city of Kandahar prov-ince and spread to 173 districts in 34 provinces.