‘Half of Afghanistan endures severe hunger throughout the year, regardless of the season,’ World Food Program spokesman says
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 Thursday.
“There are four million children and mothers who are malnourished, in a country with a population of 40 million.” “The ban has come at the worst possible moment,” said Kropf. “Families and communities don’t know where their next meal is coming from.” At a nutrition clinic in Kabul, 32-year-old nurse Anisa Samadi said most children and mothers will die without support from agencies like the WFP and World Health Organization. Their help is needed now more than ever, she told The Associated Press on Thursday.
Her colleague, 30-year-old nutrition adviser Sheba Hussanzada, said children at the clinic receive therapeutic food. But the children return with pneumonia, causing unhealthy weight loss. “Mothers are saying that they don’t have wood or any other way to keep their children warm at home. They don’t have enough food to feed them,” she said.
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