Khaama: The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that food insecurity has turned into an escalating crisis in Afghanistan, with 2.9 million children under the age of five facing severe malnutrition. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO Director-General, stated in a message posted on X/Twitter on Thursday, September 12, that 850,000 of these children are suffering
Tolo News: Doctors at the Bamyan Provincial Hospital report that the number of children suffering from malnutrition in this province is on the rise. According to statistics, more than 160 children suffering from malnutrition have been treated at this hospital in the last three months. Poor economic conditions of families, premature birth of children, lack
Tolo News: With the end of World Breastfeeding Week, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) said that out of 28,228 children suffering from malnutrition in the past seven months, more than 10,000 of them were under the age of six months. Mohammad Amin Amin, a representative of UNICEF, said: “28,228 children have been
Khaama: The World Food Programme has recently published statistics showing that currently, three million children in Afghanistan are suffering from malnutrition. On Friday, May 10, the organization announced on its social platform X that the World Food Programme can only support one of every three children. The World Food Programme has emphasized that the reduction
Ariana: A total of 1.2 million women in Afghanistan were malnourished last year, the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday. Mona Shaikh, head of nutrition at WFP Afghanistan, said that the number of malnourished women is expected to increase this year. On malnourished children, she said that their number will reach 3 million
Ariana: Officials in Badakhshan’s main hospital say that cases of malnutrition among children in the remote northeastern province have increased. According to them, in the past month, they have hospitalized more than a hundred children suffering from malnutrition, and cases are on the rise. “We admit severe acute malnutrition, which is accompanied by a disorder.
Khaama: Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has reported a 16% increase in malnutrition cases among children in Southern Helmand province and warned of the consequences of an escalating humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. MSF, the international aid organization in a tweet on Wednesday, May 17, expressed concerns over a 16% increase in malnutrition cases among the children
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
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
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