The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) recently announced that over 28,000 children in Afghanistan are suffering from malnutrition ... improving breastfeeding rates could save the lives ...

The cases of malnutrition among Afghan children have skyrocketed by nearly 47 per cent since the beginning of the year, an organization, Save the Children highlighted in a report on Monday.

The United Nations has expressed concern over surge in malnutrition among women and children in Afghanistan. According to World Food Programme, an alarming 1.2 million women are now grappling with ...

Human Rights Watch says Afghanistan’s public health system has been hit hard following a sharp reduction in foreign assistance, coupled with serious Taliban abuses against women and girls ...

KABUL, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- At least 26 children under five have died due to malnutrition and inadequate food in north Afghanistan's Badakhshan province over the past five months, a hospital source ...

Last year, the UN agency warned that malnutrition rates in Afghanistan were at a record high with half the country suffering from severe hunger throughout the year.Afghanistan is experiencing a ...