102,761 Malnourished Kebbi Children Treated in 4 Years
By Uangbaoje Alex, Birnin Kebbi About 102,761 malnourished children were treated in Kebbi State between 2015 and 2019, with the support of the European Union-Maternal,...
Category: Malnutrition
Malnutrition: 800, 000 Under 5 Children Stunted in Kano – Emirate Reveals
By Uangbaoje Alex Kano Emirate Council Committee on Health and Human Development (KECCoHD), has revealed that about 800, 000 children of 6 to 59 months...
Stakeholders Endorse 5% Allocation of National, State Budgets to Nutrition
Nutrition stakeholders across Nigeria have endorsed the allocation of five percent (5%) of the National and States’ total budgets to nutrition programmes and activities. This...
Nutrition Intervention: Kaduna Govt Develops Operational Plan for 2020 Budget
By Uangbaoje Alex, Kaduna The Kaduna State Government on Wednesday began a two-day meeting to develop 2020 Annual Operational Plan (AOP) for the state’s Multi-sectoral...
Kwara Govt, UNICEF Launches Nutrition Treatments in All PHCs in Kwara for Under 5 Children
By Uangbaoje Alex, Ilorin Kwara State Government and the United Nations Children’s Funds (UNICEF), on Wednesday in Ilorin, flagged off nutrition-related treatments across all the...
Productive, Innovative, Creative Youths Can Drive Development in Nigeria – KASU Lecturer
By Victor Habila, Kaduna A public commentator and a senior lecturer with the department of economics at Kaduna State University (KASU), Dr Auta Elisha Manson...
Malnutrition: Nasarawa Registers 3,295, Treats 2,637 Children
Agency Report Nasarawa State Primary Health Care Development Agency (NSPHCDA), said it had registered no fewer than 3,295 children in the community based management of...
Micronutrient Deficiency: NGO Tasks Media on Enlightenment Campaign
By Habila Victor, Kaduna The Media has been charged with the responsibility to intensify an enlightenment campaigns to educate the general public on micronutrient deficiency...
Budget Analysis: Save the Children Train Stakeholders in Kaduna on Tracking Nutrition Spendings
By Alex Uangbaoje, Kaduna As part of efforts aimed at creating advocacy for increasing budgetary allocations and improving the quality of public spending on Nutrition,...
Malnutrition: Group Recommends Establishment of Nutrition Agency in States
By Alex Uangbaoje Participants at the just concluded 3-days training of Nutrition Champions to work towards improved nutrition funding and visibility across some states in...
