Rising Child Malnutrition Amid Food Insecurity and Conflict in Northern Nigeria
Six months ago, Fatima Modu, a resident of the Dagash IDP camp in Maiduguri, Borno State, northeastern Nigeria, noticed her one-year-old daughter, Zainab, was…
Rising Malnutrition in Lake Chad Region Amid Climate Change, Conflict – ICRC
Food insecurity in northeastern Nigeria has reached alarming levels, with severe malnutrition rates surging as communities battle the devastating effects of climate change and ongoing…
MSF Raises Concerns Over Soaring Cases Of Acute Malnutrition In North West Nigeria
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), a global organisation providing humanitarian medical care, has declared that one in four children in the Shinkafi and Zurmi areas of…
WHO Donates Medical Aid As Malnutrition And Child Mortality Surge In Nigeria’s Borno
The World Health Organization (WHO) has donated essential medical and nutritional supplies to the Borno State Government, aiming to save the lives of thousands of…
50,000 Gaza children require urgent treatment for malnutrition: UN | Israel-Palestine conflict News
UNRWA warns people in Gaza face ‘catastrophic’ levels of hunger because of Israeli restrictions on humanitarian aid. The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) says…
MSF Overwhelmed By ‘Unprecedented’ Rise In Nigeria’s Severe Malnutrition Cases
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has called for more support to address medical challenges in northern Nigeria, which are fast worsening and overstretching its resources. In…
Malnutrition Is Affecting Displaced Mothers’ Ability To Breastfeed Newborns In Northeast Nigeria
Two weeks after Falmata Ibrahim gave birth, her body stopped making breastmilk for her baby. The baby would whine for breastmilk, and in both desperation…
UN says acute malnutrition spreading fast among children in Gaza | Israel War on Gaza News
Israel says it will send a delegation to Qatar for more talks with mediators after Hamas presented a new truce proposal. The main United Nations…
Children are dying of malnutrition in Gaza | Newsfeed
NewsFeedGaza’s Health Ministry says that 15 children have died of malnutrition in a single hospital in northern Gaza, in recent days.Published On 5 Mar 20245…
Six children die of malnutrition in Gaza hospitals: Health Ministry | Israel War on Gaza News
Six children have died from dehydration and malnutrition at hospitals in northern Gaza, the Health Ministry in the besieged Palestinian territory has said, as the…
What will it take to end hunger and malnutrition in South Sudan? | Poverty and Development
UN warns Africa’s youngest nation is facing a food crisis. South Sudan is on the verge of a devastating hunger catastrophe, the World Food Programme…
Displacement, hunger and malnutrition soar in Sudan | Newsfeed
NewsFeedHalf a million people have fled from Sudan to South Sudan, to escape fighting and hunger but South Sudan is experiencing a food crisis of…
UNICEF says 700,000 children in Sudan face life-threatening malnutrition | UNICEF News
As the war continues, the UN agency warns tens of thousands of children will ‘likely die’ without more aid. At least 700,000 children in Sudan…
A Local Malnutrition Centre Is Giving Malnourished Children Hope In Northwest Nigeria
Hassana and Hussaina are turning two soon. They are playing around their mother’s legs as she speaks about being displaced and how her daughters have…
Malnutrition Cases Rising Among Children In Northeast Nigeria
Cases of malnutrition have been rising rapidly in the past few months in northeast Nigeria, especially among children living in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps.…
UN says malnutrition in mothers soars in crisis-hit countries | Women News
With 25 percent rise in malnutrition among adolescent girls, women, UNICEF report raises alarm on need to invest in essential nutrition programmes. The number of…
Fatal Face-Eating Noma Disease Worsened By Malnutrition In Nigeria’s Northwest
A little-known and deadly face-eating disease is spreading because malnutrition is so prevalent in the northwestern region of Nigeria, medical authorities say. Noma disease is…