KEY UPDATES:
10 suspected Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) outbreaks were reported from Herat prov-ince in May - with the support of WHO, intensive outbreak control activities are carried out by the Herat Emergency Preparedness and Response and Zoonotic Committees
Second polio case for the year was reported from Farah province
Nine measles (Paktika 7, Ghor 1, Uruzgan 1) and two pertussis (Paktika 1, Kandahar 1) outbreaks were re-ported in May 2015
Measles vaccination campaign is completed in Khost, Helmand and Kandahar provinces and im-munization campaigns continue in other provinces
There was an increase of complex attacks around the country; the windows and doors of a health fa-cility run by Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) in Qalat city of Zabul Province were damaged by an explosion but the facility remains functional