When Floods Threaten Nigeria's Food Security Everyone Suffers
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Media reports have been filled with reports of flooding in several states in Nigeria in the last few months. Thousands of hectares…
Nutrition in Nigeria - What Gaps Persist? Highlights from an Interview with Shawn Baker, Chief Nutritionist for USAID
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Shawn Baker, Chief Nutritionist for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) was in Nigeria in September, and in an interview with…
The Best Start in Life: Getting Exclusive Breastfeeding Right
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By Kenneth Ibe and Hadiza Mohammed (Lead Writers) Nutrition is a vital component of infant and young child development, and a major…
Zimbabwe's Integrated Approach to Tackling Malnutrition
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By Farai Shawn Matiashe (Lead Writer) Zimbabwe’s economic crisis has exacerbated malnutrition among children in the country. In Harare and Bulawayo provinces,…
One Square Meal a Day – Home-Grown Feeding Programme Keeping Niger State Children in School
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By Kenneth Ibe and Ikemefuna Igwe (Lead Writers) In 2017, the Federal Government of Nigeria introduced the home-grown school feeding programme (HGSFP)…
Nutrition in Children: Getting it Right Early
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“The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison.” ―…
ANRiN: Offering Cost-effective Nutritional Services to Pregnant and Lactating Women in Kaduna State
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In Maraban Jos, a densely populated community in Igabi Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, Kadijah Maiwada, a Community Health Worker…
Feed well to learn well: How home-grown school feeding strategies improve nutrition and learning outcomes across Nigeria
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“A child that doesn’t feed well cannot learn well”. Isaac Success, Dreams from the Slum. Isaac Success is the founder of Dreams from…
Health Seeking Behaviours of Food Vendors Influence the Burden of Food-Borne Diseases in Nigeria
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Nnewi (Anambra State) — The sun is dressed in her best attire on Tuesday morning, after the heavy rains at night, to welcome resilient…
CHI Limited Promotes Dairy Consumption with Hollandia Dairy Day
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May 18, 2021 – Lagos, Nigeria – Leading dairy brand, Hollandia, has held the maiden edition of its Hollandia Dairy Day. This…
Make it look good - How perception adjustment for local foods can impact malnutrition in Nigeria
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Four-year-old Terwase is not in school yet, so he often goes with his mother to the market where she has a small…
A village to nourish a child: FHI360 community structures provide nutrition for children in Borno
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With the insurgency disrupting not just the health sector, but economic, social, and political life in Northeastern Nigeria, accessing quality nutritious food…
Virtual Nutrition Conference: Harnessing Innovative Financing Options for Nutrition – Unraveling the Bottlenecks
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Response committees set up to address the COVID-19 pandemic in many instances have sidelined existing structures that champion nutrition and food security….
#FundNutritionNG - Reviewing Nigeria's National Strategic Plan of Action for Nutrition (2014–2019)
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By Atinuke Akande-Alegbe and Dara Ajala-Damisa (Lead Writers) As part of efforts to improve Nigeria’s nutrition statistics, a National Strategic Plan of…