The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced that in September this year, it screened over one million children in Afghanistan for malnutrition.

UNICEF emphasized that these screenings are the first step in identifying children at risk of malnutrition-related complications.

According to a recent UNICEF report, 343,000 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition have been admitted to hospitals across Afghanistan for treatment this year.

Previously, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that food insecurity has become a growing crisis in Afghanistan, with 2.9 million children under the age of five currently facing malnutrition.