Measles mortality among Afghan refugee children

ABSTRACT

Measles outbreak was investigated in Afghan refugees camp, Haripur, NWFP where around 80 cases of measles had occurred among children of age 1-7 years during a period of two months from December 2000 to January 2001. All the 12 children who died out of the 80 measles cases were residing in a camp served by the Basic Health Unit-3 of the camp. This specific camp had high influx of refugees with low immunization coverage and high malnutrition rate