Tag:Malnutrition

Human Welfare

UK donates £15m to tackle food insecurity, malnutrition in North-East Nigeria

The UK has announced that it will spend £15 million of emergency humanitarian funding to provide vital food and nutrition assistance for vulnerable people...

Michael Simire - August 23, 2022

Agric & Biotech

World Food Day: Experts seek robust food system to reduce malnutrition

The Executive Director, Spectra Industries Ltd., Mrs Remi Kuteyi, has urged the federal and state governments to build a better food system that would...

Michael Simire - October 17, 2021

Agric & Biotech

Kenya says food fortification agenda on course to tackle malnutrition

The Kenyan government says it is partnering with industry and academia to create a robust food fortification infrastructure. Officials said on Tuesday, June 29, 2021...

Michael Simire - June 29, 2021

Water & Sanitation

What race to end malnutrition requires, by WaterAid

The race to end malnutrition requires clean water, good sanitation and good hygiene, WaterAid said in a statement on Tuesday, calling for action as...

admin - July 27, 2016

Cover

Concern as 1,000 Nigerian children die daily from malnutrition

The Government of Nigeria and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have announced they have reached more than a million Nigerian children with a...

Michael Simire - August 18, 2015

Health

UNICEF, media dialogue on child malnutrition

A two-day media dialogue on child malnutrition with the theme: “Spend more money on nutrition” - #StopChildMalnutritionNigeria, ended on Friday in Kano. The dialogue, organised...

Michael Simire - August 8, 2015

Agric & Biotech

Report: Africa must embrace ‘wet markets’ as key to food security

Studies find informal markets provide essential sources of food and income for millions of poor, with milk and meat that is often safer than...

Michael Simire - January 28, 2015

Health

How govt’s effort to curb malnutrition is hampered

Activities of smugglers who bring in staple foods into the country have continued to hampers government's effort at reducing malnutrition among Nigerians. Head of Nutrition,...

Michael Simire - May 12, 2014