US EditionAt least 652 children died from malnutrition in Nigeria in last six months, MSF says
KATSINA STATE, NIGERIA, JUL 25 – Médecins Sans Frontières treated nearly 70,000 malnourished children in Katsina, with hospitalizations rising amid funding cuts from major donors including the US and EU.
- In Katsina State, MSF warned that 652 children died from malnutrition in the first six months of 2025.
- Insecurity and violence across northern Nigeria, exacerbated by aid cuts from the United States, United Kingdom, and European Union, worsen the malnutrition crisis, MSF said.
- A screening this month found over half of 750 mothers acutely malnourished, 13 percent severely so, MSF said, with cases of nutritional oedema rising by 208 percent at MSF centres, demonstrating severity and underscoring broader impact.
- MSF teamed with local authorities in Mashi to distribute nutritional supplements to 66,000 children and opened two feeding centers with 900 beds, MSF said.
- Ahead of October’s lean season, MSF announced it will suspend aid for 1.3 million people by end of July, and has prepared for increased demand to manage the crisis.
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Medical Organization Without Borders revealed that at least 652 children died this year due to malnutrition in the north of the country, where the situation worsened due to cuts in humanitarian funds.
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In the Nigerian state of Katsina, more than 650 children have died from severe malnutrition in the past six months, according to Doctors Without Borders (MSF). According to the aid organization, the situation in northern Nigeria is visibly deteriorating. A growing number of children require treatment for malnutrition. The aid organization says the number of children with malnutrition arriving at MSF clinics has more than tripled this year. In th…
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