On March 20, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) released a video in which Ziva Moreira, a regional nutrition advisor with UNICEF South Asia, claimed that during a visit to the Nad-e-Ali District of Helmand Province, acute malnutrition among women and teenage girls in Afghanistan has increased by 50%, which is more than 8 lacs, Hasht-e Subh.UNICEF needs 186 million dollars to support these girls and women and their children, he added.