US EditionAfghanistan has its ‘sharpest surge’ ever of child malnutrition, UN agency says
AFGHANISTAN, AUG 4 – Nearly 10 million Afghans face acute food insecurity as child malnutrition surges due to drought, economic crisis, and reduced emergency aid, the World Food Program said.
- On Monday, the World Food Program reported Afghanistan's sharpest-ever surge of child malnutrition, needing $539 million through January to help vulnerable families.
- Funding dropped after the U.S. cut aid, with the U.S. providing $4.5 billion of last year's $9.8 billion, WFP said.
- Last week, Matiullah Khalis said drought, water shortages, declining arable land, and flash floods have had a "profound impact" on lives and the economy, while WFP supported 60,000 Afghans returning from Iran.
- WFP said Afghanistan faces its sharpest-ever surge of child malnutrition, with one in three children stunted, and needs $539 million to address the crisis.
- Going forward, the World Food Program said it requires $15 million to assist all eligible returnees from Iran amid mass deportations from neighboring countries they say are living there illegally.
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Afghanistan has its ‘sharpest surge’ ever of child malnutrition, UN agency says
Afghanistan is seeing its sharpest-ever surge of child malnutrition, the World Food Program said Monday, adding it needed $539 million to help the country’s most vulnerable families.
Afghanistan has its 'sharpest surge' ever of child malnutrition, says UN
Islamabad: Afghanistan is seeing its sharpest-ever surge of child malnutrition, the World Food Program said Monday, adding it needed USD 539 million to help the country’s most vulnerable families. Almost 10 million people, a quarter of Afghanistan’s population, face acute food insecurity. One in three children is stunted. The WFP said the rise in child malnutrition was linked to a drop in emergency food assistance over the past two years because…
UN Agency warns of famine in Afghanistan
In its latest report, this United Nations-affiliated agency stated that women, children, and returnees from neighboring countries are the most vulnerable groups. The economic crisis, successive droughts, and the forced return of thousands of Afghan migrants have increased pressure on the country’s limited internal resources, further exacerbating the famine situation throughout the country, WFP Communications Officer Ziauddin Safi, stated. Over t…
BUT GAZA! Afghanistan Has Its ‘Sharpest Surge’ Ever Of Child Malnutrition, UN Agency Says
Afghanistan is seeing its sharpest-ever surge of child malnutrition, the World Food Program said Monday, adding it needed $539 million to help the country’s most vulnerable families. Almost 10 million people, a quarter of Afghanistan’s population, face acute food insecurity. One in three children is stunted. The WFP said the rise in child malnutrition was linked to a drop in emergency food assistance over the past two years because of dwindling …
Afghanistan sees its ’sharpest surge’ ever of child malnutrition
Afghanistan is seeing its sharpest-ever surge of child malnutrition, the World Food Program said Monday, adding it needed $539 million to help the country’s most vulnerable families. Almost 10 million people, a quarter of Afghanistan’s population, face acute food insecurity. One in three children is stunted. The WFP said the rise in child malnutrition was linked to a drop in emergency food assistance over the past two years because of dwindling …
Afghanistan has its ‘sharpest surge’ ever of child malnutrition, UN
ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan is seeing its sharpest-ever surge of child malnutrition, the World Food Programme said Monday, adding it needed $539 million to help the country’s most vulnerable families. Almost 10 million people, a quarter of Afghanistan’s population, face acute food insecurity. One in three children is stunted. The WFP said the rise in child malnutrition was linked
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