Community Health WatchKpakungu 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… Read more
TorchlightEat-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… Read more
TorchlightFor 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… Read more
Thought LeadershipHow 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),… Read more
TorchlightNutrition 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… Read more
TorchlightNourishing 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… Read more
Thought LeadershipMoving 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… Read more
TorchlightPartnerships 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… Read more
TorchlightA Different Kind of Charity; Empowering Orphanages to Fight Malnutrition in the FCT By Chibuike Alagboso April 16, 2019 7 Mins read Orphanages are not uncommon in Nigeria and across different parts of the globe. The United Nations Convention on the rights of the… Read more
TorchlightNutrition agents increase demand for CMAM services in Borno By Chibuike Alagboso September 25, 2018 7 Mins read No mother ever wants to face the tough choices many mothers in conflict zones, like Borno have to face on a daily… Read more
TorchlightPeanuts, Millet, Beans: simple foods helping to stem Kano’s malnutrition crisis By Bashar Abubakar July 2, 2018 6 Mins read Two-year-old Umar is in his mother Saratu’s arms, a playful boy. She says he was not always this healthy, and that just… Read more
Thought Leadership#FeedNaijaPikin: Moving the malnutrition movement from advocacy to action By Nigeria Health Watch March 8, 2018 5 Mins read Agwa; Eforiro; Acha; Ikire; Yalo; Anyara; Bitter leaf, Millet… the list is endless. No, this is not a cooking class and we… Read more
TorchlightDefying the odds, one nutritious meal at a time: The Story of Yalwa By Bashar Abubakar February 19, 2018 8 Mins read Sitting in a small room outside the chief’s residence in the tiny village of Yalwa in Jigawa State, a group of Fulani… Read more
Thought LeadershipMisery in the midst of plenty: Can knowledge undo Nigeria’s malnutrition tragedy? By Nigeria Health Watch November 29, 2017 7 Mins read In September, as part of a campaign to highlight the issues around malnutrition amongst children under 5 in Nigeria, Nigeria Health Watch… Read more