Nigeria: Succour Beckons As DFID Invests N18.2b to Tackle Child Malnutrition in Borno, Yobe

2 October 2019

Concerned about the estimated annual projection of 371,000 children under the age of 5 to suffer Severe Acute Malnutrition, SAM, Department for International Department, DFID has invested a total of N18.2 billion (41 million pounds) to curb the menace in Borno and Yobe States.

Statistics obtained from the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, revealed that nationwide, an estimated 2.5 million boys and girls under the age of 5 suffer from SAM every year in Nigeria.

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