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22 January 2018

Nutrition

Good nutrition for the most vulnerable children and mothers

Sam and Parwana at Herat, Afghanistan

06 November 2022

Parwana, one year on

One year ago, she was so severely malnourished, I feared she wouldn’t make it. Today, Parwana skips, giggles and nags her mum to get her to school on time.

On 13th June 2022, eleven year old Sadaf Samadi (centre) holds a bar of soap at the UNICEF-supported Fatah Girls School in Herat, Afghanistan.

13 September 2022

The United Kingdom contributes GBP 24 million to provide emergency support to children and women in Afghanistan

More than 1.6 million people will benefit from the provision of nutrition, water and sanitation, child and social protection services.

Rana, a 12-month-old baby girl, is checked by the mobile health and nutrition team in Deh Sabz District, Kabul, Afghanistan. She has been suffering from severe acute malnutrition but is recovering well after receiving therapeutic food.

Government of Germany, through KfW, contributes €20 million to ensure better nutrition of children and women in Afghanistan

With this contribution, UNICEF will provide better access to nutrition services for over 920,000 children under 5, over 315,000 adolescent girls, and over 368,000 pregnant or breastfeeding women

Safa, 7 months old, is suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM). Her parents have brought her for treatment at the nutrition department in Mirza Mohammad Khan Comprehensive Health Center (CHC), Kandahar City. Safa is now in her third visit to the CHC, with her mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) measuring 10 cm, an improvement from 9 cm during her last visit.

Flattening a green floor for her daughter’s future

A mother fights for Safa’s life at a UNICEF-supported nutrition clinic in Afghanistan

two-year-old Fatima has her nutritional status screened using MUAC at Bab-e-Bargh health centre where UNICEF-supported immunization, health, nutrition and ante/post-natal care continue to be provided in Herat city’s largest health clinic.

Government of Japan provides crucial support to UNICEF health, nutrition and protection interventions in Afghanistan

The generous contribution will help increase equitable coverage of lifesaving emergency services for nearly 69,000 children and their parents

Danyal-Nutrition-Bamyan

13 December 2021

Life after severe acute malnutrition

Baby Danyal’s story

Tayebe_Mazar

Nourishing her community: A day in the life of a working mum

A nutrition counsellor discusses the challenges of ensuring patients have a healthy diet

mother feeding her children

21 January 2021

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

Belgis

06 December 2020

The nutrition revolution in Afghanistan

How a Community Based Nutrition Programme reaches mothers across the country