No fewer than 26 children under five had died due to malnutrition and inadequate food in north Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province over the past five months, a hospital source said Thursday.
According to local medical doctor Abdul Malik Rofi, 365 children under five have been admitted to the hospital in Badakhshan during this period, with 26 of them succumbing to malnutrition.
The Afghan media outlet TOLO news reported.
The report said that since March 20, a total of 2,696 children have been brought to the hospital.
Doctors have attributed the rising malnutrition cases to a combination of factors such as lack of nutritious food and poverty.
The doctors also added that inadequate healthcare services and limited access to healthcare facilities in the impoverished region were the causes.
According to reports from aid agencies, approximately 2.9 million children under five are facing acute food shortage or at risk of malnutrition across Afghanistan. (Xinhua/NAN).
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