RASC News Agency: The Norwegian Refugee Council has warned of the spread of malnutrition in 25 provinces of Afghanistan.
Yen Eggland, the secretary general of this council, wrote on the X/Twitter network that currently 15.2 million people in Afghanistan are facing acute food insecurity.
He further wrote: “Acute malnutrition in 25 out of 34 provinces of the country is above the emergency threshold and is expected to worsen.”Currently, severe underfunding has led to a massive reduction in the number of people targeted for food aid.”
Eggland has warned that if the funding shortfall is not addressed, there is a real risk that food aid programs will end later this year.
The Norwegian Refugee Council official believes that the combination of severe budget cuts and climate change creates a dire scenario for a population that is now in dire need of help.
Earlier, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that the lack of funds in the process of providing assistance in various sectors, including health, nutrition, education and safe drinking water, has affected millions of needy people in Afghanistan.
According to OCHA‘s forecast, if the budget level, which is currently less than a quarter of the needs, remains constant; In the health sector, an estimated 7.6 million people will not have access to critical health care.
This UN agency also announced in a report that the humanitarian aid program in Afghanistan is facing a budget deficit of 1.3 billion dollars this year.
The World Food Program recently reported that 3.2 million children and women are malnourished in Afghanistan.
