nigeria malnutrition

By Ahmad Umar Gombe (Nigeria) - United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has appealed to Gombe state government to release the 248 million Naira support fund to expand the implementation of Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition…

Kaduna (Nigeria) - Participants at a 2- Day workshop on the fight against malnutrition have stressed the need for the media to develop passion and set agenda for government to take necessary action against the scourge. To this…

By Joseph Edegbo Kaduna (Nigeria) - Worried by the prevalent of severe acute malnutrition, Kaduna state government has declared a state of emergency to fight against the scourge. Chairperson of the Kaduna State Emergency…

By Amos Tauna Kaduna (Nigeria) - United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, in collaboration with the Kaduna State government, northwest of the country, has taken steps to improve the nutritional needs in the state. To this end, a…

By Amos Tauna Kaduna (Nigeria) - United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), said Nigeria is still among the world's highest in child mortality rates and stunting prevalence. The Officer In Charge of UNICEF, Kaduna office,…

Nigeria has launched the Health and Nutrition Emergency Response (HNER) project to reduce high cases of “morbidity and mortality” of its citizens through provision of life-saving services to persons affected by insurgency in the northeast…

Each year about 1 million Nigerian children die before their fifth birthday. Malnutrition contributes to nearly half of these deaths. The multimedia presentation, Malnutrition: Nigeria’s Silent Crisis, presents the reasons why proper…