US EditionNigeria: Malnutrition - MSF Urges Action As Child Death Rises in Northern Nigeria
NORTHERN NIGERIA, JUL 29 – MSF reports over 652 child deaths and rising malnutrition among mothers in northern Nigeria, with treatment cases increasing by 25% amid funding cuts and economic hardship.
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Urgent: An alarming malnutrition crisis in northern Nigeria
Urgent: An alarming malnutrition crisis in northern Nigeria Rising malnutrition in northern Nigeria is being met—tragically—with aid funding cuts. Kate Rankin July 29 2025, 8:57am The reasons for northern Nigeria’s malnutrition crisis are complex, including economic factors that have made food unaffordable for many people, insecurity and violence affecting large regions, disease outbreaks worsened by low vaccine coverage, and a lack of other b…
Young children are particularly vulnerable to food shortages, says pediatrician for Doctors Without Borders
Malnutrition: MSF Urges Action As Child Death Rises In Northern Nigeria
Humanitarian organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has warned of rising child deaths as malnutrition crisis worsen in Northern Nigeria. MSF, in a statement said in Katsina State, where it has been operating since 2021, the number of severely malnourished children is surging, adding that 652 children have died in its facilities since January 2025 due to delays in accessing lifesaving care. The organisation said it has already treated near…
Al Mayadeen/ Africa in Summary/ July 29, 2025 The emergency also impacts pregnant and lactating women with signs of acute malnutrition.The non-governmental organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) denounced an acute malnutrition crisis that affects thousands of people in the northern region of Nigeria. In the state of Katsina, the authorities reported [...] La entrada Nigeria. Alertan por crisis de malnourishment infantil se publicado primero…
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