Typhoid fever and malaria prevention for 5,000 returning refugees in the province of Kandahar 50 000

There are instances of many diseases believed to have been eradicated (typhoid, chicken pox, etc.).

Other difficulties (either unrelated or not in direct relation to the regime) arose in the form of a locust attack (which the settlers were not equipped to deal with), famine and poverty (the result of donations ceasing), epidemics such as typhus, bank closures and inflation.