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Malnutrition, deadly scourge attacking Nigerians

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BY ADA DIKE Many children and pregnant women in Nigeria currently face acute malnutrition due to high cost of foodstuffs. The problem is nationwide. For instance, a woman fainted in Lagos on Tuesday this week, because she didn’t eat food for one half days. The prices of yam, beans, garri

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How malnutrition threatens future of children in Northeast Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 5 October 2021 0

Malnutrition is one of the world’s major public health and development concerns. In Nigeria, the situation is dire. Currently, UNICEF says 5 in 10 children under five years old suffer from the effects of being malnourished. This has an overarching impact on the lives, future and productivity of Nigerian children. DOOSUUR IWAMBE in this report […]

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Malnutrition, biggest threat to child survival in North-East Nigeria – Experts warn

Ihesiulo Grace 1 September 2021 0

*Seek for prompt release of funding for nutrition to address crises By Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja Nutrition experts in the country have disclosed that Malnutrition is currently the biggest threat to child survival and development in north-eastern part of the country. To this end, the experts advocate the need for increased budgetary allocation, prompt release of […]

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FG rolls out plans to end hunger and malnutrition

Ihesiulo Grace 16 December 2020 0

The federal government said it has approved a five-year nutrition action plan aimed at reducing hunger and malnutrition across the country, Daily Times gathered. This was disclosed by the spokesmen to the Vice President, Laolu Akande, saying the the plan was approved by the National Council on Nutrition which is chaired by the Vice President Yemi […]

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AU Summit: African leaders call for action to end malnutrition by 2025

Ihesiulo Grace 10 February 2020 0

ADDIS ABABA – African countries have made progress toward eradicating malnutrition and stunting but need to do more to hit United Nations malnutrition targets by 2025. This was the main message of a meeting that took place during the 33rd African Union Summit. Speakers at a meeting of the African Leaders for Nutrition (ALN) included […]

Health

Pneumonia: Nigeria has highest number of child deaths globally – UNICEF

Ihesiulo Grace 14 November 2019 0

Nigeria has been listed as the leading country with the highest number of child death to pneumonia globally. According to statistics by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 19% of child deaths were due to pneumonia in 2018, and it was the biggest killer of children under-five in 2017 in Nigeria. In a statement made […]

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How RUTF saved 3-year-old abandoned child in Borno community

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2019 0

The impact of malnutrition, particularly in the first one thousand days of a child’s life, is dire even if it is not fatal. Many infants and children who suffer from malnutrition are affected by stunting, recurrent infections or chronic diseases. In this report, DOOSUUR IWAMBE examines how RUTF saved 3-year-old child who was abandon by […]

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FG expresses worries over increase rate of children malnourishment

Ihesiulo Grace 20 November 2018 0

The Federal Government has expressed concern over the increasing rate of malnutrition calling for concerted efforts to address it. Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, said this on Monday when he flagged off the 2018 Nutrition Week aimed at increasing awareness on the dangers posed by malnutrition and serve as a […]

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Group task Kano govt to step up fight against malnutrition

Ihesiulo Grace 1 November 2018 0

Journalists under the aegis of Journalists for Nutrition, (J4N) have tasked Kano state Government to redouble efforts at combating malnutrition and stunting in the state. The group, in a statement issued in Kano, on Wednesday said it is imperative for the state Government to mobilize traditional rulers, in waging the war against the disturbing situation. […]

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Ganduje laments high cases of malnutrition in Kano

Ihesiulo Grace 29 October 2018 0

Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Gandje has lamented that the lives of about half a million children are threatened by health cases that are related to malnutrition. The Governor decried the health challenge culminating in the large number of stunt children which is now rampant in the state, describing the situation as disturbing and […]

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Kano rates highest in malnutrition, as group canvasses support for balance diet

Ihesiulo Grace 28 September 2018 0

A Group, under the aegis of Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), has called on the Kano state government to step up efforts towards addressing malnutrition cases in the state as figures shows Kano has the highest number of malnutrition cases numbering about 1.4 million. The group made the call during a round table dialogue, […]

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NGO assists 271,000 children, women in Edo

Ihesiulo Grace 23 August 2018 0

Empower 54, a non-profit organisation dedicated to the eradication of malnutrition in Africa, has partnered with traditional rulers and local government council chairmen in Edo State in the distribution of medication to improve the health of 271,000 children and pregnant women. The medications to be distributed are Albendazol, which is very critical for the treatment […]

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Unicef partners Bayelsa Govt to eradicate malnutrition

Ihesiulo Grace 15 June 2018 0

The United Nations Children’s fund (UNICEF), has partnered the Bayelsa state government to reduce the high level of malnutrition among mothers and children in the state. The Deputy Director Food and Nutrition (MB&NP), Abuja, Roselyn Gabriel, disclosed this Yesterday, during a stakeholder meeting held at the State Banquet Hall, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The event […]

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Promasidor, Empower 54 unite against malnutrition in Africa

Ihesiulo Grace 5 April 2018 0

Promasidor Nigeria Limited, makers of Cowbell Milk, has boosted Modupe Ozolua’s fight against malnutrition in Africa by donating to Empower 54 Project in support of its programme aimed at eradicating malnutrition among Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Nigeria. The donation which took place recently, the donor said would in no small measure help to boost […]

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Promasidor Supports Empower 54 to Eradicate Malnutrition in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 2 April 2018 0

Promasidor Nigeria Limited, maker of Cowbell, Loya Milk, Top Tea and Onga, has donated cases of various products to Empower 54 Project in support of its programme aimed at eradicating malnutrition among Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Nigeria. The donation done on Friday, would in no small measure help to boost the worthy initiative of […]

Health

Experts, UNICEF proffer solution to worsening child malnutrition in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 13 February 2018 0

To ensure optimal growth, development and health of every child in the country, healthcare professionals have recommended ways Nigeria could effectively tackle the menace of child malnutrition which a new survey says has worsened. The officially released results of the Fifth Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey (MICS5), conducted in 2016 and 2017, shows that malnutrition

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Ooni, group, partner on malnutrition in Africa

Ihesiulo Grace 26 December 2017 0

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, is partnering with Empower 54, an NGO, in creating awareness and eradicating malnutrition in Africa, which currently kills 2.3 million children annually in Nigeria. Empower’s President, Princess Modupe Ozolua, in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said that the monarch would work with Empower via his Global Outreach […]

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Infant Mortality: Nestle, experts seek improved nutritional knowledge among physicians

Ihesiulo Grace 11 December 2017 0

To boost child survival in Nigeria particularly children under the age of five, physicians in the country, have been urged to pay adequate attention to the nutritional needs of infants rather than focus only on their medical needs whenever they are brought to the hospital for medical attention. This is critical to reducing the high […]

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Buhari gives Govs marching order to pay salaries before December

Ihesiulo Grace 28 November 2017 0

President Muhammadu Buhari has charged state governors to ensure that they pay all the salaries owed workers before Christmas, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports. The president gave the charge on Monday, when he met with the governors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Many states are still owing workers several months of salaries and […]

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Aliko Dangote Foundation pledges US$100 Million to tackle malnutrition in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 7 November 2017 0

The Aliko Dangote Foundation has pledged to invest US$100 Million over a five year period to tackle malnutrition problem in the worst-affected parts of Nigeria to help reduce the prevalence of undernutrition by 60 percent in the most needy areas of the country, specifically the North East and North West. The pledge is a major […]