5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (312+ words) Severe cuts in humanitarian funding have forced hundreds of health facilities across Afghanistan to close or scale back services, leaving millions of people with reduced access to essential medical care, according to reports. Al Jazeera reported on Wednesday, citing new…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (248+ words) Child malnutrition cases in southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province have increased by 30% compared with the same period last year, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said, warning that worsening poverty, food insecurity and cuts to humanitarian aid are driving a growing nutrition crisis....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (247+ words) UNICEF estimates that 3.7 million children under the age of five and 1.2 million pregnant and breastfeeding women will suffer from acute malnutrition this year. The report says child malnutrition has reached critical levels in 12 provinces, with repeated droughts, floods and economic…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (235+ words) The United Nations says funding cuts to humanitarian operations in Afghanistan have forced the closure of more than 100 health centers, leaving millions of children with reduced access to lifesaving nutrition and medical care. Melissa Fleming, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Global…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (352+ words) The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that severe funding shortages are putting the lives of malnourished children in Afghanistan at increasing risk, with the agency currently holding only 12% of the funding it needs for its operations in…...