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Malnutrition in Nigeria

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The Ripple Effect of U.S. Aid Suspension on Nigeria's Progress Addressing Malnutrition

By Nigeria Health Watch
April 30, 2025
2 Mins read
Hannah Ajayi and Imole Agunbiade (Lead Writers) Murmurs about President Donald J. Trump’s intention to discontinue overseas development assistance (ODA) started slowly….
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Why Increased Funding Is Not Enough to Reduce Nigeria’s Malnutrition Rates

By Nigeria Health Watch
March 26, 2025
4 Mins read
Zubaida Baba Ibrahim and Hadiza Mohammed (Lead Writers) The Nigerian government has followed through on its promise and increased its budgetary provisions…
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Credit Alert for Good Food: Cash Transfer Programmes Are Boosting Maternal and Child Nutrition in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch
February 28, 2025
4 Mins read
Safiya Shuaibu Isa (Lead writer) Globally, cash transfer programmes have emerged as a vital tool for enhancing nutrition outcomes, especially for pregnant…
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Thought Leadership

NutriVision 2024: Advancing Nutrition for Nigeria’s Economic Development

By Nigeria Health Watch
October 17, 2024
4 Mins read
Dr. Adachi Ekeh and Onyedikachi Ewe (Lead Writers) A nation’s greatest asset is its people. For Nigeria to realise the full potential…
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The Legislature’s Power in Boosting Nutrition and Food Security in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch
June 3, 2024
3 Mins read
Tzar Oluigbo [Lead Writer] In May 2024, the House of Representatives Committee on Nutrition and Food Security organised a retreat with relevant…
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Torchlight

Nurturing the Nurturer: Promoting Adequate Nutrition for Pregnant Women in Sokoto State

By Nigeria Health Watch
April 10, 2023
5 Mins read
Hadiza Mohammed and Chibuike Alagboso (Lead Writers) It is 10 am on a Wednesday, and around 30 pregnant women are attending the…
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Community Health Watch

Kpakungu PHC: More Women Are Accessing Nutrition Services for Free

By Nigeria Health Watch
March 11, 2023
1 Mins read
Kpakungu Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) is situated in the Soje ‘B’ area of Kpakungu, in Minna South, Chanchaga Local Government (LGA) of…
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Torchlight

Eat-Learn-Play: Bridging the Nutrition and Education Gap for Wassa’s Displaced Children

By Nigeria Health Watch
January 30, 2023
6 Mins read
By Thelma Chioma Abeku and Ikemefuna Igwe (Lead Writers) At first glance, the buildings that house the classrooms of the Transitional Learning…
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Torchlight

For the Love of Children: Providing Low Cost Fortified Meals for Children in Kontagora Hospital

By Nigeria Health Watch
December 13, 2022
6 Mins read
By Anibe Idajili (Lead Writer) On the last day of October 2022, four women from conflict-affected communities in Niger State arrived at…
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Thought Leadership

How e Consign Me? Obesity, a Growing Concern in Nigeria

By Hadiza Mohammed
January 26, 2022
4 Mins read
When most people hear the word ‘malnutrition’, they often think, undernutrition. But malnutrition, in all its forms includes undernutrition (wasting, stunting, underweight),…
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Torchlight

Nutrition Interventions Securing Livelihoods in Hard-to-Reach Areas of Borno

By Patrick Egwu
June 29, 2021
5 Mins read
The growing insurgency in Northeast Nigeria is negatively impacting the lives and health care of residents in the region, particularly mothers and…
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Torchlight

Nourishing the future: How UNICEF is providing nutrition care in Sokoto State

By Bashar Abubakar
November 23, 2020
6 Mins read
According to the 2018 National Nutrition and Health Survey, Sokoto State is one of the four states with the highest prevalence of…
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Thought Leadership

Moving from advocacy to action in the fight against Malnutrition

By Kenneth Ibe
November 9, 2020
3 Mins read
The COVID-19 pandemic has not just exposed the fragile nature of the health systems of most developing countries, including Nigeria, but has…
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Torchlight

Partnerships for better nutrition in Kaduna State: The Alive & Thrive Model

By Nigeria Health Watch
March 16, 2020
7 Mins read
Malnutrition is a direct or underlying cause of 45% of all deaths of under-five children, and Nigeria has the second highest burden…
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