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Afghanistan: Alarming increase in admissions of severely malnourished children in south
By Médecins Sans Frontières at ReliefWeb
· June 25, 2026
· 4 min read
. Kabul, Afghanistan, 25 June 2026 - Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders (MSF) has witnessed an alarming increase in the number of children suffering from severe acute malnutrition with medical complications requiring lifesaving treatment in its therapeutic feeding centres in southern A
Key takeaway “Children are reaching us far too late in the process, and they often present in a critical condition with preventable medical complications,” says Ana Lilia Banda, MSF medical coordinator in southern Afghanistan.
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Category: disaster ·
Published: June 25, 2026 ·
Source: ReliefWeb ·
Reading time: 4 min
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