Qubad Wali Najiba, 24, rarely takes her eyes off her baby, Artiya, one of an estimated four million Afghan children at risk of dying from malnutrition this year.
Artiyaβs health began to fail at just 3 months old after a bout of pneumonia. As his condition worsened, his parents moved from one hospital to another in a desperate search for treatment.
βI didnβt get proper rest or enough nutritious food,β Najiba said at Herat Regional Hospital in western Afghanistan, explaining that the strain left her unable to produce enough breast milk. βThese days, I donβt have enough milk for my baby.β
The anxious mother, who asked that her surname not be used for pri
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