Doctors Without Borders: Increase in number of malnourished children in Northern Nigeria “troubling”

Simba Tirima, the country director for Doctors Without Borders in Nigeria has raised the alarm over the increase in magnitude of the numbers of children
Nigeria’s malnutrition crisis reveals the extent of its healthcare collapse

‘At the end of the day, malnutrition is really a proxy indicator for a weak healthcare system.’ A malnutrition emergency is stalking northern Nigeria, driven
11 million Nigerian children are going hungry: how this hurts their health and what needs to be done

Unicef, the UN agency for children, reported in June 2024 that around 11 million Nigerian children were experiencing severe child food poverty. The report says this translates
10 years after Chibok, Nigeria still failing to safeguard schoolkids – Human Rights Watch

Ten years after the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, Nigerian authorities have failed to put in place and sustain crucial measures to provide a secure
Nearly a third of Nigerians don’t have access to a basic supply of water. This is partly because of loopholes in a law

Water, sanitation and hygiene facilities are essential for health and welfare. Providing them is one of the core duties of the state. In Nigeria, funding