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Good nutrition for the most vulnerable children and mothers

mother feeding her children

UN agencies warn economic impact of COVID-19 and worsening inequalities will fuel malnutrition for billions in Asia and the Pacific Child and maternal diets particularly vulnerable

Nutrition

Surviving A Scare

Almost giving up hope for the survival of their child, a mother in Afghanistan goes the extra mile seeking treatment for her severely acutely malnourished c

In Afghanistan, the nutritional situation of children is alarming.

Helal Ahmad

Children suffer from malnutrition associated with poverty

Parwan province of Afghanistan

House in Daikundi

500,000 children affected by drought in Afghanistan – UNICEF

The lack of precipitation in late 2017 and early this year is leading to food insecurity and water scarcity that could worsen the already high malnutrition rates among children.

Aqila, 11 months old, at an outpatient centre in Farah City in western Afghanistan.

Afghanistan’s silent emergency

Families and the fight against malnutrition

Hamida, 22, was married when she herself was still just a child. Her baby suffers from symptoms related to malnutrition.

Child marriage and malnutrition

Married too young, women and their children are vulnerable to malnutrition

Qabela, a community health worker

Educating families to combat malnutrition

A Community Health Worker determined to eradicate child malnutrition

Five-month old Faeeza receives therapeutic milk at the UNICEF- supported Indira Ghandi hospital in Kabul.

Combatting malnutrition in the hospital and the home

Combatting malnutrition in the hospital and the home