The Legislature’s Power in Boosting Nutrition and Food Security in Nigeria
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Tzar Oluigbo [Lead Writer] In May 2024, the House of Representatives Committee on Nutrition and Food Security organised a retreat with relevant…
Uniting for Improved Nutrition Outcomes: A Call for Enhanced Collaboration
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By Safiya Shuaibu Isa According to the National Policy on Food and Nutrition (NPFN 2016), effective institutional coordination is required to ensure…
Nourishing Nigeria: Advancing Nutrition through Climate Resilience
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Oladimeji Solomon Yemi (Lead Writer) Climate change poses a critical global crisis, impacting environments and threatening public health. According to the World…
Boosting the Gains of Accelerating Nutrition Results: Takeaways from the Third Annual ANRiN Conference
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By Beti Baiye and Dabri Olohije (Lead Writers) Nigeria boasts abundant food production capacity, capable of sustaining the entire population. However, despite…
Nurturing the Nurturer: Promoting Adequate Nutrition for Pregnant Women in Sokoto State
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Hadiza Mohammed and Chibuike Alagboso (Lead Writers) It is 10 am on a Wednesday, and around 30 pregnant women are attending the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…