Disruption to nutrition services increased health risks in Afghan children: UNICEF
18 May 2024
KABUL: Children across Afghanistan are increasingly vulnerable to disease and illness due to the deadly combination of rising malnutrition, an unprecedented food crisis, drought, disruptions to vital health and nutrition centers, lack of access to and poor quality of water and sanitation services, and crippling winter weather, United Nations Children’s Fund said.
As the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate in Afghanistan, outbreaks of life-threatening diseases are putting children’s lives at risk, the UNICEF said in a statement.
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