ArticleAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012)2022
The effect of child malnourishment on measles spread amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Afghanistan.
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- Factors Associated With Measles Infection in Afghanistan Surrounding the 2021 Outbreak: A Multivariable Analysis.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Genetic characterization of measles virus circulating in Iran, 2021-2023.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- The fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic: missed measles shots? - correspondence.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Article
- Pakistan at the precipice: The looming threat of measles amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Child malnourishment is a long-lasting concern that Afghanistan has been facing for many years now. This major factor amongst countless others like growing socioeconomic disparity, ineffective healthcare due to lack of funding and political instability has caused increase in nutritional instability through Afghanistan. This has increased the likelihood of numerous malnourished children contracting deadly infectious diseases like measles. Despite receiving nutritional aid, vaccines (reduce measles spread) and funding from international organizations much of these efforts have fell short due to the political instability and lack of sustained support. Emergence of COVID-19 has further intensified the already existing challenges faced by vulnerable Afghan children. The pandemic has impeded with the eradication of measles and vaccine coverage as much of the funding and attention has shifted to containing COVID-19 spread posing a greater threat for malnourished children. The combined effect of both infections has exacerbated and increased mortality in malnourished children as rate of measle spread increases. Afghan healthcare systems are now struggling more as much of their efforts are ineffectual due to lack of facilities and resources.
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