Tag: Malnourished children

‘52% of Kano children stunted by malnutrition’ – UNICEF

Aminu Imam
UNICEF on Kano children

The United Nations Children’s Fund, (UNICEF), has raised concern over the nutritional status of children in Kano, revealing that 51.9 percent of children are stunted. Its Chief of the field office in Kano, Rahma Farah, stated this during the official handover of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food, which was held at Takai LGA. The food was procured through a joint government and UNICEF Child Nutrition Match Fund initiative. Farah noted that the figure implies that one in every two children in the state is not growing well due to chronic malnutrition. He…

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‘North hit by worsening malnutrition crisis’ – MSF

Aminu Imam
MSF on malnutrition

…652 children dead in Katsina Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, has raised the alarm over a deepening malnutrition crisis in northern Nigeria, warning of a rising number of child deaths, particularly in Katsina State. In a statement issued yesterday, MSF’s Field Communication Officer, Abdulkareem Yakubu, disclosed that the organisation has witnessed a surge in cases of severe malnutrition and higher mortality rates at its therapeutic feeding centres across Katsina, where it has been active since 2021. “By the end of June 2025, nearly 70,000 malnourished…

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Malnourished children in Kaduna rises to 8,157 in Q2 – Official

Aminu Imam

The number of severely malnourished children admitted for special care at Community Management of Acute Malnutrition sites has increased from 2,796 in the first quarter of 2021 to 8,157 in the second quarter of the year. This was disclosed by the Project Manager, Kaduna State Emergency Nutrition Action Plan, Umar Bambale, during a one-day Nutrition Partners Second Quarter Coordination and Review Meeting in Kaduna yesterday, According to the Project Manager, three children died of the disease in the first quarter, while 28 died in the second quarter. He said the…

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