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The International President of the Médecins Sans Frontières, also known as Doctors Without Borders, Dr. Christos Christou, has expressed concerns over the alarming increase in the number of malnourished children in northern Nigeria.

Christou, who said at a press briefing in Abuja after he visited Maiduguri, noted that between January and August this year, there has been a 51 percent increase in admissions of children with severe malnutrition compared to the same period last year.

He said people in northern Nigeria have been through a lot with overwhelming levels of malnutrition, frequent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, and lack of medical facilities and medical personnel; compounded by continuous insecurity.

He stated that many organisations which were providing support in Maiduguri and other parts of the north of Nigeria have had to reduce their budgets or even stop their operations.

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