Half A Million Children In Afghanistan At Risk Of Malnutrition This Year, Says UN

The United Nations announced that more than 500,000 children in Afghanistan are at risk of malnutrition this year.

The organisation stressed that food access restrictions coupled with climate change have limited people's ability to provide for their families.

The United Nations on Wednesday, January 15, expressed concern over the critical situation of malnutrition and food access restrictions in Afghanistan.

The WFP is helping millions of people, including providing children with food in schools, it wrote.

According to a report by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), in the first nine months of 2024, 343,000 children with acute malnutrition were admitted to hospitals in Afghanistan for treatment.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) reported in September last year that food insecurity has become a growing crisis in Afghanistan, with four million infants and pregnant mothers suffering from malnutrition.

International organisations say that due to the spread of poverty and hunger, an increasing number of Afghan children are at risk of malnutrition.