Tag: malnutrition
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The deepening crisis: A look into growing malnutrition rates as Nigeria surpasses war-torn Sudan
Malnutrition remains a severe public health and development issue in Africa, causing the deaths of millions of children under the age of five each year.
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1,115 children died from acute malnutrition in Borno in 2019 – UNICEF
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday said 1,115 children have died from acute malnutrition in Borno between January and December 2019. UNICEF Nutrition Sector Coordinator, Mr Simon Karanja, disclosed this at the inauguration of the Borno Steering Committee on Food and Nutrition in Maiduguri. Karanja said that in the year under review, 138,236…
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Malnourished Nigerian kids similar to those in war-torn nations(Video)
Equating the malnutrition afflicting many Nigerian children to what normally obtains in war-torn countries, First Lady Aisha Buhari, flagged up a campaign on Thursday to address the problem.
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Malnutrition kills 2,300 Nigerian children daily – NGO
Mr.Ubah Nnaemeka, the Project Officer, Civil Society Scaling-up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN), on Tuesday said malnutrition accounts for the death of 2,300 Nigerian children daily. Nnaemeka made this known on Tuesday in Ilorin at a two-day Advocacy Skills and Strategic training organised for members of the organisation in Kwara. Quoting the National Demographic and Health…
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Senate seek out media support on malnutrition enlightenment
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Dr Lanre Tejuoso, has solicited media support on the ongoing campaign against malnutrition in the country. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Tejuoso made the appeal in an interview in Abuja on Tuesday on the sideline of a two-day workshop on effective media engagement in the fight…
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2bn people suffer malnutrition at $3.5trn cost annually – UN
The Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), José da Silva, has said no fewer than two billion people representing one in three people on the planet suffer some form of malnutrition. Silva said this at a UN meeting on Thursday in Rome on ways to improve diets and ensure sustainable food systems,…