Tag: Malnutrition

Between January to May this year, 10,200 malnourished children were treated in Nigeria's North-western region.

The team, with support from other nutrition stakeholders, will develop a National Nutrition Media Strategy, and engage in continuous public ...

The UN official appealed for a $1.1 billion donation to provide urgent assistance to over 5.5 million people in need ...

“We can save more lives, if we can reach to the poorest in society and enlighten them more on nutrition.”

Kole Shettima says the MacArthur Foundation is a learning organisation that takes risks and learns from its mistakes and those ...

Malnutrition has an overarching impact on the lives, future and productivity of Nigerian children.

According to official figures, 3, 944 children under the age of five years died between 2010 and 2020 at public ...

According to official figures, 3, 944 children under the age of five years died between 2010 and 2020 at public ...

Globally, malnutrition contributes to nearly half of all child deaths — that is more than three million children each year.

The impact of the disease is expected to be greater among those grappling with food scarcity and malnutrition.

The response to these interlinked crises needs to be comprehensive, cross-sectoral and it needs to be rapidly mobilised from national ...

“Between that 2017 and now, the ministry has contributed and disbursed about N1.8 billion."

Research shows that 1 in 4 of the deaths that occur in children under-five in Nigeria can be prevented with ...

New strategies are being explored to battle the dual scourge.

A total of 93,000 women in the two states have benefitted from the programme.

Mr Tejuosho says many children under the age of five in Nigeria's northeast are suffering from acute malnutrition

About 800,000 people are in hard-to-reach areas and 79 per cent of these are children and women.

Malnutrition is hampering survival and development of children.

Estimated 2.5 million Nigerian children under the age of five have severe acute malnutrition.

The state government has provided N150 million as its counterpart contribution for the eradication of the disease

The UNICEF official also speaks on stunting and treatment of 400,000 children.

In the last three months alone, 400 000 cases of suspected cholera and nearly 1900 associated deaths were recorded in ...

The panel also recommended subsidising healthy food.

Nigeria reportedly needs N279.54 billion ($912 million) to address malnutrition in all states for five years.

Nigeria's seven north-west states have 75 per cent of the country's cases of malnutrition.