Nutrition
Malnutrition: Afghanistan’s silent emergency, An adequate well-balanced diet is the bedrock of child survival, health and development. Well-nourished children are more likely to be healthy, productive, and ready to learn. Undernutrition, by the same logic, is devastating. It blunts the intellect, saps productivity, and perpetuates poverty. subhana A mother is playing with her 11 months old…, Why we need to make a change, • Afghanistan has one of the world’s highest rates of stunting in children under five: 41 percent. • The rate of wasting, the extreme manifestation of severe acute malnutrition, in Afghanistan is extremely high: 9.5 per cent. • One in three adolescent girls suffers from anaemia. • Only half of Afghan babies are exclusively breastfed in…, Resources, Reports and Data Committed to Nutrition - A Toolkit for Action: Fulfilling UNICEF's Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action - UNICEF UNICEF Data: Afghanistan Websites The Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, Feeding every child, subhana Nargas and her daughter Arzo, aged 15 months. The chronic nutritional deficiency in Afghanistan is largely the result of poor feeding practices. UNICEF supports nutrition activities in 34 provinces in Afghanistan, providing quality care for children, and pregnant and lactating women. subhana A child is examined for malnutrition by…