Landmine survivors receive treat-ment at the WHO-supported emergency hospital in HelmandHighlights
- Over 5000 displaced Afghans are returning from Pakistan every day and over 1 million are anticipated to be displaced internally and across borders by the end of the year.
- 2 new polio cases were reported in August from Paktika and Kabul provinces.
- Cases of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic fever are on the rise and the risk of transmission further increases during Eid al-Adha in September. CCHF spreads mainly through ticks or contact with the blood or body fluids of an infected animal.
Read the latest bulletin, August 2016
