Child health under the Taliban: 1 year on

In the 12 months since the Taliban regained control, children have been facing increasing malnutrition and mental health issues. More than 90% of Afghans have been food insecure for a year, causing millions of children to suffer from acute malnutrition and life-threatening health problems. “The broa...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2022-08, Vol.400 (10352), p.550-550
Main Author: Cousins, Sophie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Children
Children & youth
Childrens health
Drinking water
Food
Health problems
Households
Malnutrition
Mental disorders
Mental health
Nutrition
Nutritional status
Poverty
Waterborne diseases
Womens health
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Summary:In the 12 months since the Taliban regained control, children have been facing increasing malnutrition and mental health issues. More than 90% of Afghans have been food insecure for a year, causing millions of children to suffer from acute malnutrition and life-threatening health problems. “The broader drivers remain the same: widespread poverty leading to poor access to nutritious foods, dire situation of safe drinking water leading to waterborne diseases, poor young child feeding practices in households, poor nutritional status of pregnant and lactating women, and lack of skilled nutrition counsellors.”
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01573-2