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...
Category: Malnutrition
NGO Urges Kaduna Govt to Establish Nutrition Agency
Save the Children International, an NGO, on Tuesday urged the Kaduna State Government to establish an Agency for Nutrition or a department of nutrition in...
UNICEF Advocates Exclusively Breastfeeding for Six Months
By Alex Uangbaoje, Akwanga The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has advocated for exclusive breastfeeding, tasking mothers to breastfeed their new born babies for six...
32 Health Workers Gets UNICEF Infant, Young Child Feeding Training in Nasarawa State
By Alex Uangbaoje, Akwanga As part of effort to improve the standard of living of children in Nasarawa State, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on...
58 Percent of Children in Kano are Stunted says UNICEF
By Alex Uangbaoje, Kano The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday that 58% of children under the age of five in Kano State...
Investment on Child Nutrition in Northeast: What Nigeria Stands to Gain
#stopchildmalnutritionNigeria By Alex Uangbaoje Recently a report by Brookings Institution rated Nigeria as the poorest country globally, thereby becoming the poverty headquarters in the world,...
MNCH Week: Kaduna Witnesses Heavy Turnout of Women, Children
By Alex Uangbaoje, Kaduna The second round of the 2018 biannual Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Week (MNCHW) has witnessed massive turnout of women and...
INVESTIGATION: Inside Kaduna Neglected Communities Where Over 7,000 People Patronise Health Post
By ALEX UANGBAOJE, Kaduna Maniya and Madobiya communities are clustered villages in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, with an estimated population of...
Investment in Malnutrition Will Get Nigeria Out of Poverty – Expert …..as UNICEF Reaches 1, 239, 802 with Vitamin A in 2 North East States
By Alex Uangbaoje, Yola An expert on nutrition, Dr. Bamidele Omotola, has revealed that investing in children’s nutrition offers some of the greatest opportunities for...
Child Rights Expert Calls for Concerted Effort in Fight Against Malnutrition
By Alex Uangbaoje, Kaduna #stopchildmalnutritionNigeria A child rights expert at the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture (FMIC), has call for a concerted effort in...