Texas is in a race to catch up to Afghanistan.

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in Afghanistan have reported a surge in measles patients at three MSF-supported hospitals since January. While measles is endemic in Afghanistan, such a high number of cases so early in the year is cause for alarm.

At least one child in Afghanistan has died from measles every day so far in 2025, according to data MSF staff have collected at the Mazar-i-Sharif Regional hospital, Herat Regional hospital, and Boost Provincial hospital in Helmand. This is almost three times as many deaths as were witnessed during the same period last year.

Is junior Robert Kennedy jealous of this record?

“These are preventable deaths,” says Mickael Le Paih, Country Representative with MSF. “Measles can be a deadly disease, particularly for children with underlying health conditions like malnutrition or congenital heart defects. It can also be prevented by a vaccine, but the immunisation coverage remains low in Afghanistan.”  

Junior Kennedy please note.

“These are preventable deaths,” says Mickael Le Paih, Country Representative with MSF. “Measles can be a deadly disease, particularly for children with underlying health conditions like malnutrition or congenital heart defects. It can also be prevented by a vaccine, but the immunisation coverage remains low in Afghanistan.”  

The children of Afghanistan don’t deserve this.