INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A plane carrying 92 tonnes of vital medicines has arrived in Afghanistan to treat about 675,000 people, including children, with
life-threatening but treatable illnesses after an increase in respiratory infections and measles this year, Save the Children said on
Tuesday.The consignment & the largest delivered by Save the Children in a year & will provide lifesaving treatment for nearly 400,000
children afflicted by endemic childhood illnesses such as respiratory tract infections, pneumonia, acute watery diarrhoea, and skin
diseases, the organization said in a statement.Since the beginning of 2024, more than 1,000 children under the age of 5 have died after
contracting pneumonia, comprising 88% of all deaths from respiratory infection.The current number of cases is higher than the average number
reported during the past three years, according to the World Health Organisation.The number of measles cases among children under five has
risen by 44% compared with the same period last year, the statement said.&Too many children in Afghanistan die from easily preventable
The arrival of these medicines means that more than 400,000 children will receive potentially lifesaving treatment in some of the most
remote areas of the country,& said Arshad Malik, Country Director for Save the Children in Afghanistan.He added that every day around the
world, roughly 16,000 children under the age of 5 will die from common illnesses that can be prevented and treated.The medicines, which are
worth about US $590,000, were donated by the Dutch Relief Alliance (DRA), the European Union Humanitarian Aid (ECHO), the German Federal
Foreign Office (GFFO), USAID&s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) and Save the Children&s internal Humanitarian Fund, among other
organisations.The post Save the Children sends plane with 92 tonnes of medicines to Afghanistan first appeared on Ariana News.
