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...
Category: Malnutrition
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...
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...