Kpakungu PHC: More Women Are Accessing Nutrition Services for Free
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Kpakungu Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) is situated in the Soje ‘B’ area of Kpakungu, in Minna South, Chanchaga Local Government (LGA) of…
Eat-Learn-Play: Bridging the Nutrition and Education Gap for Wassa’s Displaced Children
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By Thelma Chioma Abeku and Ikemefuna Igwe (Lead Writers) At first glance, the buildings that house the classrooms of the Transitional Learning…
For the Love of Children: Providing Low Cost Fortified Meals for Children in Kontagora Hospital
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By Anibe Idajili (Lead Writer) On the last day of October 2022, four women from conflict-affected communities in Niger State arrived at…
How e Consign Me? Obesity, a Growing Concern in Nigeria
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When most people hear the word ‘malnutrition’, they often think, undernutrition. But malnutrition, in all its forms includes undernutrition (wasting, stunting, underweight),…
Nutrition Interventions Securing Livelihoods in Hard-to-Reach Areas of Borno
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The growing insurgency in Northeast Nigeria is negatively impacting the lives and health care of residents in the region, particularly mothers and…
Nourishing the future: How UNICEF is providing nutrition care in Sokoto State
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According to the 2018 National Nutrition and Health Survey, Sokoto State is one of the four states with the highest prevalence of…
Moving from advocacy to action in the fight against Malnutrition
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The COVID-19 pandemic has not just exposed the fragile nature of the health systems of most developing countries, including Nigeria, but has…
Partnerships for better nutrition in Kaduna State: The Alive & Thrive Model
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Malnutrition is a direct or underlying cause of 45% of all deaths of under-five children, and Nigeria has the second highest burden…
A Different Kind of Charity; Empowering Orphanages to Fight Malnutrition in the FCT
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Orphanages are not uncommon in Nigeria and across different parts of the globe. The United Nations Convention on the rights of the…
Nutrition agents increase demand for CMAM services in Borno
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No mother ever wants to face the tough choices many mothers in conflict zones, like Borno have to face on a daily…
Peanuts, Millet, Beans: simple foods helping to stem Kano’s malnutrition crisis
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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…
#FeedNaijaPikin: Moving the malnutrition movement from advocacy to action
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Agwa; Eforiro; Acha; Ikire; Yalo; Anyara; Bitter leaf, Millet… the list is endless. No, this is not a cooking class and we…
Defying the odds, one nutritious meal at a time: The Story of Yalwa
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Sitting in a small room outside the chief’s residence in the tiny village of Yalwa in Jigawa State, a group of Fulani…
Misery in the midst of plenty: Can knowledge undo Nigeria’s malnutrition tragedy?
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In September, as part of a campaign to highlight the issues around malnutrition amongst children under 5 in Nigeria, Nigeria Health Watch…