The Co-Chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), Bill Gates has announced that Nigeria will soon receive three million bottles of multiple micronutrient supplements (MMS) specifically designed for pregnant women.
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The Federal says more than four million children in the Northeast and Northwest regions are affected by malnutrition.
Urgent action is needed to save millions of children from malnutrition in the North East, Mr Mohamed Fall, Nigeria’s Resident Coordinator, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) has said.
UNICEF has raised concerns about the alarming rate of child malnutrition in Kano State, revealing that 56.9% of children under five in the state are stunted due to inadequate nutrition.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has presented medical and nutrition commodities to the Borno State Government to reduce maternal and child mortality in the state.
A new report released by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has revealed an extraordinary surge in severe cases of malnutrition in Bauchi State.
Society for Family Health (SFH) says it distributed 4,255,558 nutritional supplements to 1.36 million women and children under five years in 2023 to reduce the burden of malnutrition in Nigeria.
The Kaduna State Government, with support from the NGO HarvestPlus, has validated the state’s Revised Policy on Food and Nutrition…
The Country Representative for Medicins Sans Frontiers MSF in Nigeria, Dr Simba Tirima has stated that there is a malnutrition crisis in Bauchi State.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Borno Government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to partner in combating child malnutrition in the state.