Ariana: Save the Children said Monday, in its latest report on Afghanistan, that 24.4 million people, including 13 million children, need humanitarian assistance and that over five million children are close to famine. In its April report, the organization said 19.7 million people, including 9.6 million children, are facing critical levels of hunger; “5.3 million
Tolo News: Following global concern about the poor economic situation in Afghanistan, Save the Children in a recent report said that Afghanistan is facing its worst food crisis, with 5 million children on the brink of starvation. According to the organization, about two in three children in Afghanistan – or 12 million – whose families
Tolo News: Badghis’ Public Health Department said that the number of malnourished children in the province is up 50% from last year. According to the department, in the past three months nearly 2,000 malnourished children have been brought to Badghis public hospitals for treatment. Click here to read more (external link). Related FAO: Farmers Do
By Abubakar Siddique RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi January 28, 2022 Graana walked for more than two hours to seek treatment for her starving 2-year-old son at a hospital in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand. “My son couldn’t walk because he was so weak,” the mother of five told RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi. “Hunger had disfigured him to the
Tolo News: Health officials in Badakhshan province said the number of malnourished children has increased. Ahmad Jawid Mohebi, head of the malnutrition department of the Taliban’s public health department for Badakhshan province, told Hasht-e Subh that due to poverty and hunger, the number of malnourished children in Badakhshan had increased about 1.5 times compared to
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Friday reported 276 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 932 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The ministry also reported eight new deaths and 132 recoveries. With this, the total confirmed cases reached 30,451 and deaths reached 638 while there have been 10,306 recoveries countrywide
Ariana: Based on statistics, half of Afghanistan’s population are below the poverty line. “Two million children are affected by the severe malnutrition in Afghanistan,” said Wahidullah Mayar, the Spokesman for the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH). Click here to read more (external link).
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 2, 2016 ISLAMABAD — The U.N. World Food Program (WFP) has warned that 40 percent of Afghanistan’s population — or 11.3 million people — are food insecure, while chronic malnutrition affects more than 40 percent of Afghan children under five years old. WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin issued the warning Friday
Doctors Without Borders: Sam Templeman is an Australian paediatric nurse. He was in Helmand province, in the south of Afghanistan, from December 2014 to September 2015. In the provincial capital city, Lashkar Gah, Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) supports the Ministry of Public Health Boost Hospital. Templeman shares some intimate moments of this emotional