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Soaring pneumonia and starvation is killing thousands of children in Afghanistan
France24 ^ | February 2, 2022

Posted on 02/02/2022 12:16:05 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Pneumonia cases are soaring in Afghanistan and killing children unable to access healthcare facilities, leading humanitarian organisation for children Save the Children said on Monday. Since the Taliban takeover last August, unemployment levels have exploded throughout Afghanistan, leaving parents unable to provide for their families. The direct result has been a surge in malnutrition, producing a dramatic rise in pneumonia in children.

One doctor at a hospital in the north of the country said he had never seen so many cases of child pneumonia and severe malnutrition. Children have to lie three or even four to a bed, he told Save the Children. More than 130 children had died in or on their way to the hospital in December, he said. The majority were fighting for breath from pneumonia, and 40 were severely malnourished.

“The situation here now is absolutely desperate for the entire population, but especially for young children,” said Fiona McSheehy, Save the Children’s Acting Country Director, speaking with FRANCE 24 from Kabul. “The rising number of cases of pneumonia is frightening and all the more so because it is directly linked to high levels malnutrition.”

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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Do not give a damn about the poor Afghanis
To hell with em.


21 posted on 02/02/2022 1:46:19 PM PST by Joe Boucher (Kimber .45 )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

fewer future terrorists...


23 posted on 02/02/2022 1:55:09 PM PST by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Oh, well.


24 posted on 02/02/2022 2:53:26 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: Ouderkirk

Exactly. We weren’t going to be there forever to defend their country. Hell, “Americans” don’t even want to defend America anymore. We just want to play with our cellphones.


25 posted on 02/02/2022 4:46:27 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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