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Prioritising Maternal Nutrition in Nigeria: An Imperative for Brighter Futures

By Bunmi Oyebanji Obot
September 20, 2023
4 Mins read
Editor’s note: A healthy future starts with a healthy baby, and a healthy baby starts with a healthy mother. In this thought…
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Torchlight

Boosting the Gains of Accelerating Nutrition Results: Takeaways from the Third Annual ANRiN Conference

By Nigeria Health Watch
July 31, 2023
6 Mins read
By Beti Baiye and Dabri Olohije (Lead Writers) Nigeria boasts abundant food production capacity, capable of sustaining the entire population. However, despite…
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Press Release

Nigeria Health Watch Announces Nutrition Policy Dialogue

By Nigeria Health Watch
June 19, 2023
2 Mins read
1 in 10 children dies from hunger before age five in Nigeria. Achieving SDG 2, zero hunger, and SDG 3, good health…
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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

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

When Floods Threaten Nigeria's Food Security Everyone Suffers

By Folakemi Ajala
November 2, 2022
3 Mins read
Media reports have been filled with reports of flooding in several states in Nigeria in the last few months. Thousands of hectares…
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Thought Leadership

Nutrition in Nigeria - What Gaps Persist? Highlights from an Interview with Shawn Baker, Chief Nutritionist for USAID

By Kemisola Agbaoye
September 28, 2022
4 Mins read
Shawn Baker, Chief Nutritionist for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) was in Nigeria in September, and in an interview with…
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Thought Leadership

The Best Start in Life: Getting Exclusive Breastfeeding Right

By Nigeria Health Watch
September 7, 2022
4 Mins read
By Kenneth Ibe and Hadiza Mohammed (Lead Writers) Nutrition is a vital component of infant and young child development, and a major…
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Torchlight Africa

Zimbabwe'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,…
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Torchlight

One Square Meal a Day – Home-Grown Feeding Programme Keeping Niger State Children in School

By Nigeria Health Watch
May 9, 2022
4 Mins read
By Kenneth Ibe and Ikemefuna Igwe (Lead Writers) In 2017, the Federal Government of Nigeria introduced the home-grown school feeding programme (HGSFP)…
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Thought Leadership

Nutrition 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.” ―…
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Torchlight

ANRiN: 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…
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Torchlight

Feed 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…
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