The World Health Organization (WHO) recently confirmed Afghanistan had joined a list of countries where the measles virus has become endemic.
‘Overall risk at the national level is assessed as very high,’ says the WHO.
The regional risk is considered moderate due to the movement of people into Tajikistan, Iran, and Pakistan. While at the global level, the measles risk is deemed low due to moderately high global measles-containing vaccine (MCV) coverage estimates.
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