Video by Omer Abrar, Photos by Wakil Kohsar and Susannah Walden Roya carefully spoon-feeds her daughter fortified milk in a ward for malnourished children, praying the tiny infant will avoid a ...
KABUL, Mar 22 2024 (IPS) - Malnutrition in Afghanistan has reached an unprecedented level, according to United Nations humanitarian organizations. It is estimated that half of the country’s population ...
Human Rights Watch says Afghanistan’s public health system has been hit hard following a sharp reduction in foreign ...
Last year, the UN agency warned that malnutrition rates in Afghanistan were at a record high with half the country suffering from severe hunger throughout the year.Afghanistan is experiencing a ...
Ten percent of children under five in Afghanistan are malnourished and 45 percent are stunted -- meaning they are small for their age in part due to poor nutrition ... had improved malnutrition rates.
Baharak, Afghanistan: Roya carefully spoon-feeds her daughter fortified milk in a ward for malnourished children, praying the tiny infant will avoid a condition that stalks one in ten young ...
GANDANCHUSMA - Two-and-a-half years after the return of the Taliban to power, malnutrition is rife in Afghanistan, a country beset by economic, humanitarian and climatic crises. Ten percent of ...
Malnutrition threatens future Afghan generations AFP, Wednesday 3 Apr 2024 Roya carefully spoon-feeds her daughter fortified milk in a ward for malnourished children, praying the tiny infant will ...
"Roya has gained a bit of weight, she has a bit of a glow," said 35-year-old Roya, cradling baby Bibi Aseya at the Baharak district hospital. Afghan nurse, holding a cup of milk for a patient in ...
Roya carefully spoon-feeds her daughter fortified milk in a ward for malnourished children, praying the tiny infant will avoid a condition that stalks one in ten young children in Afghanistan after ...