Geneva-Sana
The World Health Organization warned today that about 3.2 million children in Afghanistan will suffer from severe malnutrition by the end of this year, one million of whom are at risk of dying as temperatures drop.
"It is an uphill battle, famine is sweeping the country, and the world must not abandon Afghanistan and cannot afford it," Reuters quoted WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris as saying by phone from the Afghan capital, Kabul. More likely to have multiple diseases.
Harris pointed out that "measles is a death sentence for malnourished children," warning that Afghanistan will witness more deaths if the world does not rush to act to confront these conditions.
Data from the World Health Organization shows a sharp increase in measles cases in Afghanistan, where 24,000 cases of the disease have been reported so far.
Aid agencies have also warned of famine at a time when the drought coincides with the collapse of the economy after Western financial support was cut off after the Taliban seized power last August, and the health sector was particularly affected by the absence of many health care workers due to non-payment of their salaries.