In its June report, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that from May 10 to June 30 of this year, health cluster partners provided services to 589,205 people, including those affected by floods and other natural disasters in Afghanistan.
This organization said that in Baghlan province 95,991 people received health care services; as did 31,071 in Badakhshan; 22,448 in Ghor; 26,876 in Takhar and 9,447 in Faryab.
WHO stated these services were provided through 763 health centers in 287 districts of the country.
Based on this report, 37,342 women; 20,752 men; 22,726 girls and 15,171 boys received health services in Baghlan province.
The organization also stated that from November 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024, it provided health services to 549,154 Afghan refugees returning from neighboring countries.
In addition, WHO reported 239,009 cases of COVID since February 2020, of which 8,010 people died across Afghanistan.
The organization stated that in June this year, a total of 6,390 cases of measles were diagnosed, resulting in the death of 21 people.
It is stated in this report that “this shows a 5.9 percent decrease in the number of measles cases compared to the previous month.”
So far this year, a total of 35,210 people have been infected with measles, of which 147 people have died.
