Measles Outbreak Kills at Least 74 Children in N. Afghanistan - Tasnim News Agency

(Tasnim) – At least 74 children died following an outbreak of measles in Afghanistan's northern province of Badakhshan, a provincial official said Sunday.

"There had been pockets of measles cases across several Badakhshan districts, including Kuf Ab, Darwaz, Kohistan as well as provincial capital Faizabad city and its outskirts in the past two months. At least 74 children died after being infected with the disease in Kuf Ab and Kohistan districts," Maazudin Ahmadi, head of the provincial Information and Culture Directorate, told Xinhua.

Most of the children who lost their lives were living in areas without the access of public health workers and local mobile vaccinators.