The Nutrition Desk Officer, Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM) centre in the Bauchi metropolis, Mrs Rahila Umar says no fewer than 40 new cases of malnutrition are reported weekly.
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The Federal Government says no fewer than 25 million children in Nigeria are undernourished and stunted, with Nigeria ranking number one in Africa and second globally, in terms of malnutrition prevalence.
the Sokoto state Ministry for Health has begun the distribution of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) to combat child malnutrition and treat ascites disease.
UNICEF, in collaboration with the Kaduna State Primary Health Care Board, has targeted no fewer than 145,000 children aged 0-59 months for nutrition services in Igabi LGA of the state within five days.
The Chairman of the Kaduna State Committee on Food and Nutrition (SCFN), Mr Bashir Muhammed, says innovative solutions are critically needed in addressing the underlying determinants of malnutrition in the state.
The Civil Society Scaling up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN), Bauchi State chapter, says 1,825 malnourished children recovered from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) between May and November 2023 in the state.
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has lauded the Adamawa Government for releasing an N100
million counterpart fund to intensify the fight against malnutrition.
The Nasarawa State Government is partnering Network for Health Equity Development (NHED) and AIDS Prevention Initiate in Nigeria (APiN), to tackle malnutrition among children and pregnant women in the state.
ASHENEWS reports that the federal government has inaugurated the Nutrition Core Working Committee (NCWC) to tackle severe scute malnutrition in the country.
The Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) has called for urgent measures to tackle malnutrition in the country.