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Afghanistan

Disease outbreak profile for Afghanistan — 27 events, 13 diseases, since 1998.

Afghanistan (AFG) · WHO EMR region · 27 WHO events across 13 diseases (1998–2025).

Diseases reported by Afghanistan

Disease ICD-10 Events % of country total
Cholera A000 8 30%
COVID-19 U071 5 19%
Influenza due to identified zoonotic or pandemic influenza virus J090 2 7%
Unspecified viral haemorrhagic fever A990 2 7%
Dengue fever, unspecified A979 2 7%
Diphtheria, unspecified A369 1 4%
Infectious gastroenteritis or colitis without specification of infectious agent A090 1 4%
Measles B05 1 4%
Infection, unspecified B990 1 4%
Whooping cough due to Bordetella pertussis A370 1 4%
Severe acute respiratory syndrome U049 1 4%
Acute poliomyelitis, unspecified A809 1 4%
Leishmaniasis, unspecified B559 1 4%

Annual outbreak timeline

Year Events Diseases
2025 2 2
2024 2 2
2023 2 2
2022 3 3
2021 1 1
2020 1 1
2019 1 1
2009 1 1
2005 1 1
2003 2 2
2002 2 2
2001 1 1
2000 2 2
1999 4 4
1998 2 2

Peak year: 1999 (4 events).

Decade summary

Decade Events
1990s 6
2000s 9
2010s 1
2020s 11

Position in WHO EMR

Rank #3 of 21 countries in this region by total outbreak events on record.

Diseases Reported

13

Outbreak Events

27

Year Range

1998–2025

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