2.5m Children Suffering Acute Malnutrition In Nigeria – UNICEF - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 26, 2019
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF said on Thursday that about 2.5 million children under the age of five in Nigeria suffer severe acute malnutrition.
The Minister of Health, OsagieEhanire UNICEF’s nutrition specialist, Abigail Nyukuri, stated this at atwo-day media dialogue on an integrated and timely response tonutrition-related humanitarian needs, organised in Maiduguri,  Borno State. According to her, an estimated440,000 boys and girls under the age of five in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe Statesare affected by the disease in 2019.
Nyukuri, who revealed that theprevalence rates of severe acute malnutrition in the three North-East statesare 11, six, and 13 percents respectively, blamed protracted access constraintsand insecurity in the region for the worsening situation.
She said, The protracted conditionshave made the severe acute malnutrition situation even worse in Rann (KalaBalge), South Yobe, Magumeri, Jere, and Konduga Local Government Areas .
UNICEF warned that the keyconsequence of the abysmal feeding situation in several parts of Nigeria wouldbe increased poverty levels in years to come.