One Million Afghan Children Suffer 'Life-Threatening' Malnutrition: UN
UNICEF says 3.7 million Afghan children are wasted, and hospitals are seeing July cases rise to more than 8,000, a third higher than last year.
- On Tuesday, the United Nations warned that 1 million children in Afghanistan face life-threatening severe acute malnutrition. UNICEF's Afghanistan country representative Tajudeen Oyewale stated, "If there is no treatment and we are not able to act fast, that one million number are at risk of dying."
- The worsening nutrition crisis follows an economic collapse after the Taliban government's return to power in 2021 following the withdrawal of US-led forces. Afghanistan has endured repeated periods of widespread hunger during decades of civil war and instability.
- Across Afghanistan, 3.7 million children suffer from wasting, with more than half a million admitted to hospital this year for various severity levels. Children under two years old make up more than 80% of severe acute malnutrition cases.
- Hospitals in southern Afghanistan face severe strain, with some seeing "three or four severe malnourished children for every available bed." Nearly 40% of children admitted for severe wasting are babies under six months old.
- Monthly cases in July rose above 8,000 from around 6,000 last year, signaling accelerating crisis. UNICEF's Tajudeen Oyewale warned that "malnutrition plays a central role" in the growing number of deaths among very young children.
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1 Million Afghan Children Suffer 'Life-Threatening' Malnutrition: UN
Afghanistan has endured repeated hunger emergencies in recent decades as it has struggled through civil war and other crises. An economic collapse followed the Taliban government's return to power after US-led forces withdrew in 2021.
About 3.7 million children and adolescents in Afghanistan suffer from acute malnutrition, and 1 million face the serious form of the disease, at risk of death, said the representative of the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) in the country, Tajudeen Heyiwale. The statement was given during a video conference in Kabul before a meeting in Geneva. Want more news from the world? Follow the channel in WhatsApp Want to live away? See interactive…
3.7 million children are in a state of acute undernutrition. UNICEF warns that pregnant women are also being affected, increasing the number of babies born underweight.
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eNCAOne million Afghan children suffer 'life-threatening' malnutrition: UN
Across Afghanistan, 3.7 million children suffer from wasting, meaning they are acutely malnourished, the UN children's agency UNICEF said. Among them are "one million children who are suffering from life-threatening severe acute malnutrition" -- the worst form, said UNICEF's Afghanistan country representative Tajudeen Oyewale. "If there is no treatment, and we are not able to act fast, that one million number are at risk of dying," he told repor…
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