that's come about even before where we can say it's escalated. in region by region, we are seeing that children can be severely malnourished up to 2-3 be severely malnourished up to 2—3 times the regular rate, pushing it into the emergency category. in kandahar alone, we see that global acute malnutrition has increased by 31% since this time last year. concretely what that means is that our paediatric intensive care unit has more than doubled from mid august to september, and children are arriving with malnutrition, dehydration and pneumonia. at exactly the same moment, the hospital system is on the brink of collapse and health care workers haven't been paid salaries for months. they tell us that in fact, they can't afford to transport to get to work. so even though they are so committed to get to they are so committed to get to the hospital to continue to provide their care, they haven't been paid and are sometimes walking two hours in