Statistics have revealed that malnutrition arising from Boko Haram insurgency has continued to threaten education in the northeast, especially, Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states.

Nigeria has recorded a significant decrease in childhood mortality rates as the probability of dying between birth and the first birthday (infant mortality rate) dropped from 97 per 1000 live births in 2011 to 70/1000 in 2016-17.

According to a statement by the AfDB, the President, Akinwumi Adesina said stunted children today would lead to stunted economies tomorrow. The impact of stunting is irreversible, but preventable.Poor nutrition is responsible for stunting children’s growth.....

Dangote Foundation on Wednesday said it would commit N36 billion to implement its malnutrition intervention plan in Nigeria from January 2018. The Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation, Zouera Youssoufou, who made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna, said 13 states would benefit from the intervention plan in the next…

Nutritionists have called on government at all levels to fund malnutrition interventions to reduce the number of children living with malnutrition. It is estimated that over 2.5 million Nigerian children suffer from malnutrition and only five per cent have access to quality medical healthcare.

Nearly 1million children under the age of five years die in Nigeria every year. This makes the country one of the highest contributors to the under–five mortality in the world and about half of these deaths are due to malnutrition.

Severe malnutrition may claim the lives of 1.4 million children from Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen this year if urgent steps are not taken.

Almost 1.4 million children suffering from severe malnutrition could die this year from famine in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, the UN children's agency said Monday.

According to him, with this year’s theme of “Leave No Child Behind”, the children were given back-to -school kits, which included school uniforms, books, writing materials, food items, school bags and so on.

UNICEF has expressed fresh concern over the level of malnutrition in the Southwest geo-political and attributed the situation to poor adherence to Exclusive Breast Feeding (EBF).

Stakeholders in health sector observe that reported cases of malnutrition among children and women in the country have become a public health concern in recent times.

The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), in 2012 released a report tagged ‘At a Glance: Nigeria’. The report stated that:  “Nigeria has one of the highest rates of infant mortality in the world.