{"id":18225,"date":"2026-07-22T16:45:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/07\/22\/unicef-distributes-therapeutic-food-severe-malnutrition-afghan-children\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T16:45:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:45:19","slug":"unicef-distributes-therapeutic-food-severe-malnutrition-afghan-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/07\/22\/unicef-distributes-therapeutic-food-severe-malnutrition-afghan-children\/","title":{"rendered":"UNICEF Distributes Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food to Severely Malnourished Children in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations Children&#8217;s Fund (UNICEF) has announced that it is providing ready-to-use therapeutic food to treat children suffering from severe malnutrition.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, July 22, UNICEF stated on its X page that this aid is supported by the European Union&#8217;s Humanitarian Aid department and aims to reduce cases of severe malnutrition among children.<\/p>\n<p>UNICEF emphasized that the use of ready-to-use therapeutic food can help improve health and promote weight gain in children with severe malnutrition within a short period.<\/p>\n<p>Severe malnutrition remains a serious health challenge in Afghanistan, and international organizations have repeatedly warned about its consequences on children&#8217;s growth and survival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNICEF distributes ready-to-use therapeutic food to combat severe malnutrition among Afghan children, with support from the EU&#8217;s humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,17,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-important-news","category-top-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}