Funding cuts shut over 100 child malnutrition sites in Afghanistan
About 3.7 million Afghan children are suffering from acute malnutrition, including around 1 million facing life-threatening severe acute malnutrition.
Afghanistan has seen the closure of over 100 child malnutrition treatment sites due to funding cuts, according to Melissa Fleming, the UN under-secretary-general for global communications. This closure affects more than 3.7 million children in the country, with 1 million facing severe acute malnutrition, Fleming reported via her X account.
Unicef had previously forecasted that 21.9 million individuals, including 11.6 million children, would need humanitarian aid in Afghanistan by 2026, due to the nation's ongoing crises. In response to the funding cuts, Unicef has urgently called for US$949.1 million to provide critical aid and services to 12 million people, including 6.5 million children.
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