TorchlightNurturing 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… Read more
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
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
Torchlight AfricaZimbabwe's Integrated Approach to Tackling Malnutrition By Nigeria Health Watch July 25, 2022 5 Mins read By Farai Shawn Matiashe (Lead Writer) Zimbabwe’s economic crisis has exacerbated malnutrition among children in the country. In Harare and Bulawayo provinces,… Read more
Thought LeadershipNutrition in Children: Getting it Right Early By Patience Adejo February 28, 2022 4 Mins read “The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison.” ―… Read more
TorchlightANRiN: Offering Cost-effective Nutritional Services to Pregnant and Lactating Women in Kaduna State By Bashar Abubakar December 20, 2021 5 Mins read In Maraban Jos, a densely populated community in Igabi Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, Kadijah Maiwada, a Community Health Worker… Read more
TorchlightFeed well to learn well: How home-grown school feeding strategies improve nutrition and learning outcomes across Nigeria By Chibuike Alagboso October 25, 2021 5 Mins read “A child that doesn’t feed well cannot learn well”. Isaac Success, Dreams from the Slum. Isaac Success is the founder of Dreams from… 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
Thought LeadershipMake it look good - How perception adjustment for local foods can impact malnutrition in Nigeria By Dara Ajala-Damisa May 12, 2021 6 Mins read Four-year-old Terwase is not in school yet, so he often goes with his mother to the market where she has a small… 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
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
TorchlightNGOs join hands to tackle malnutrition in Benue’s IDP camps By Patrick Egwu February 25, 2019 5 Mins read The morning sun is rising at Abagana Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, Benue state. Eunice Gabriel sits outside a classroom hall, peeling… Read more
TorchlightTackling the challenge of child malnutrition in simple ways: Kaduna State’s approach By Bashar Abubakar February 4, 2019 6 Mins read It’s cold and dusty, a typical harmattan morning for the residents of Barnawa, a suburb of the city of Kaduna, in Kaduna… 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