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UN Food Agency Warns That Afghan Malnutrition Rates Have Reached A Record High

26th January, 2023 · admin

AP: Malnutrition rates in Afghanistan are at record highs, with half the country enduring severe hunger throughout the year, a spokesman for the World Food Program said on January 26. The Taliban takeover in August 2021 drove millions into poverty and hunger after foreign aid stopped almost overnight. “Half of Afghanistan endures severe hunger throughout

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Posted in Afghan Children, Economic News, Health News, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Malnutrition, Poverty, Taliban government failure |
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Malnutrition cases among Afghan children have almost doubled under Taliban rule

5th December, 2022 · admin

Jurist: The Taliban don’t care about how the people suffer. Since they retook control of Afghanistan, people have only experienced constraints in their everyday life. The international community’s financial support seems to be not enough as there are a lot of complaints that the Taliban use them for themselves instead of giving them to needy

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Posted in Afghan Children, Economic News, Health News, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Malnutrition, Taliban government failure, Taliban stealing aid |
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Doctor Treats 400 Children With Cleft Lip, Palate

31st October, 2022 · admin

Tolo News: A recently returned Afghan doctor from Turkey reportedly treated more than 400 children with cleft lip and cleft palate in Afghanistan for free, saying that he only treats those who cannot afford treatment. “When I came to Kabul, I conducted a lot of surgeries in Kabul, then Kunduz, and then I moved to

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Posted in Afghan Children, Health News | Tags: Malnutrition |
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Global Hunger Index Report, Afghanistan Falls Down Six Ranks

15th October, 2022 · admin

8am: The scores of the global hunger index are given based on the indicators of malnutrition, child stunting, and mortality, and the score of these indicators is calculated on a 100-point scale. Based on this report, 29.8% of Afghan people suffer from malnutrition and 5.8% of children die younger than the age of five, and

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Posted in Afghan Children, Economic News, Health News | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Malnutrition, Poverty, Taliban government failure |
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200,000 Afghans Face Moderate to Severe Malnutrition in Past Month

26th August, 2022 · admin

Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health said that 200,000 Afghans, including women and children, have been suffering from malnutrition in the last month in the country. “Malnutrition cases here are not due just to economic challenges, but they are suffering because their mothers are uneducated and do not know how to feed their children,”

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Posted in Afghan Children, Economic News, Health News | Tags: Malnutrition, Taliban government failure |
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Afghanistan’s Bare Dastarkhaans Reveal Rising Poverty, Hunger Under The Taliban

11th August, 2022 · admin

The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021 triggered the collapse of Afghanistan’s aid-dependent economy, leading to rising food prices and soaring unemployment. The economic crunch has fueled a hunger crisis in the country of some 40 million people. According to the United Nations, a staggering 95 percent of Afghans are not getting enough to

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Posted in Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Malnutrition, Taliban government failure |
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Afghanistan Food Program Faces Massive Funding Shortfall

29th July, 2022 · admin

Akmal Dawi VOA News July 28, 2022 Afghanistan is again facing risks of mass starvation in coming months as critical relief operations suffer substantial funding shortfalls. The World Food Program (WFP) says it faces a net funding shortage of $960 million to sustain humanitarian operations over the next six months. “Funding shortfalls and skyrocketing prices

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Posted in Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Malnutrition, Poverty, starvation, Taliban government failure |
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Doctors in Herat Report Increase of Malnourished Children

24th July, 2022 · admin

Tolo News: The number of children struggling with malnutrition has surged by 50 percent this year compared to the previous year at a provincial hospital in Herat. Based on the figures of the doctors, more than 2,000 children suffering from malnutrition have been registered at a children’s hospital in Herat over the past six months.

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Posted in Afghan Children, Economic News, Health News | Tags: Herat, Malnutrition, Taliban government failure |
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Malnutrition cases increase in north of Afghanistan by 50%

19th June, 2022 · admin

Ariana: Doctors at the Abu Ali Sina-e-Balkhi Regional Hospital in Mazar-e-Sharif have voiced deep concern over the increase in malnutrition among children in the north of the country, saying the prevalence of this condition has increased by 50 percent in the region. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Afghan Children, Economic News | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Malnutrition |
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Health ministry records massive spike in malnourished patients

7th June, 2022 · admin

Ariana: The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) public health ministry said 820,000 people, including mothers and children, have sought treatment for malnutrition so far this year. According to a video message by Javid Hajir, a spokesman for the ministry, 570,000 of them were children under the age of five. Hajir added that during this period,

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Posted in Afghan Children, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Malnutrition, Poverty, Taliban government failure |
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