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Nearly 34,000 Afghan children die of malnutrition annually

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KABUL (Pajhwok): Officials of the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Tuesday said 2.2 million children in the country suffered from moderate to severe malnutrition and one million from acute malnutrition.

On the other hand, 928 cases of children’s malnutrition have been registered in Indira Gandhi and Ataturk hospitals alone in the capital Kabul.

In an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, Dr. JavedHajir, spokesman for the Ministry of Public Health, said that 3.2 million children were currently malnourished across the country.

Of these children, 2.2 million were moderately malnourished and a million others were severely . . .

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