Tag: malnutrition

By Ibrahim Kado Yola, -   The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says it has concluded plans to train health workers on effective...

The Kaduna State Government said on Friday that it would scale up efforts to promote early initiation of breastfeeding and exclusive breastfeeding of infants...

Esther Wawire, 23, delivered her daughter at Kenya’s Punwani Hospital two weeks ago, but was unable to breastfeed due to complications arising from the...

By Mustapha Sumaila Abuja - Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the President of African Development Bank (AfDB) has expressed concern over the rising cases...

By Ahmed Mohammed Kaigama Bauchi - Gombe State House Assembly says it will embark on awareness campaign to prevent Severe Acute Malnutrition...

By Hajara Leman Gombe - Maternal Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) coalition, a group of professionals in diverse fields, has commended the...

By Abbas Bamalli Sumaila (Kano State) - Dr Dayyabu Muhammad, member of the Kano Emirate Council Committee on Health Development (KECCHD) says 48...

By Philip Yatai Kaduna - The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is supporting Kaduna State Government to undertake Situation Analysis on Children (SitAn)...

A baby has been born with a strange-looking face which forced the mother to abandon it after delivery. According to the doctor who delivered...

By Yakubu Uba Fufore (Adamawa) - No fewer than 1,298 cases of acute malnutrition were treated in Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa under...

Addis Ababa - An Ethiopian government report released on Tuesday warned that 8.5 million people would need food aid from Feb. 2020...

By Philip Yatai Kaduna - Save the Children International (SCI), an NGO, on Thursday said that...

Cape Town - A “dramatic humanitarian crisis” is unfolding in the three Sahel countries of Burkina Faso,...

Cape Town - More than 420,000 people have been displaced by heavy rainfall and flooding in South Sudan, Save the Children, a...

By Angela Atabo/Aderogba George Abuja - Ms Florence Otedola, aka DJ Cuppy, on Monday said she raised over N5.1billion to support Save...

By Ahmed Ubandoma Abuja - The First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has called on stakeholders, especially parents, to ensure their children eat nutritious food...

By Chidinma Ewunonu-Aluko Ibadan - Harvestplus, an international agricultural organisation, says the upcoming the 2019 Nutritious Food Fair (NFF)...

By Mustapha Yauri Abuja - The Federal Ministry of Health has restated its commitment to provide enabling...

By Obinna Unaeze Minna - The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington DC said it was collaborating...

By Nana Musa Maiduguri - United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has raised concerns over severe acute malnutrition threat in some northern states, especially Borno,...