UNICEF, Kwara Government Supply Life-Saving RUTF to Tackle Child Malnutrition
By Uangbaoje Alex, Kaduna In a bold move to combat severe acute malnutrition among children, UNICEF and the Kwara State Government have commenced the distribution...
Category: Malnutrition
Kaduna LGA Chairs Pledge N400 Million to Tackle Child Malnutrition
By Uangbaoje Alex, Kaduna In a decisive move to combat the alarming rates of child malnutrition in Kaduna State, the 23 Local Government Area (LGA)...
Kaduna Govt reiterates commitment to Cash backing of Nutrition Budget, Maternity Leave Extension
By Uangbaoje Alex, Kaduna The Kaduna State Government has pledged commitment to increasing budget releases and utilization for nutrition programming and to also work to...
Encomium as Gates Anchor Grant ends in Kaduna ….. we’ll build on learnings – Govt
By Uangbaoje Alex, Kaduna Kaduna State Government, Donor partners and other stakeholders in the health sector on Wednesday, celebrated the successful completion of the Gates...
Advocacy, Budget tracking training: PBC Lauds CS-SUNN for starting early
By Uangbaoje Alex, Kaduna Kaduna State Planning and Budget Commission (PBC) has commended the Civil Society Scaling-Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN), for kicking off the...
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...