Afghanistan: Congo Fever Spreads in Afghanistan as Displaced Farmers Move Livestock from Drought-Ravaged Land

Oct 23, 2018 | Ben Farmer, Telegraph
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Cases of a deadly tick-borne fever are increasingly sharply in Afghanistan as a severe drought forces farmers to move infected livestock around the country. September saw 90 reported cases of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) with the disease so far killing nearly one-in-eight of those infected.