According to the United Nations Children Fund, malnutrition is a direct or underlying cause of 45 per cent of all deaths of under-five children, and Nigeria has the second highest burden of stunted children in the world, with a national prevalence rate of 37 per cent of children under-five.
Browsing: malnourished children
Joshua James, Executive Director, Open Kaduna Radio, expressed the concern on behalf of the journalists during a virtual 2021 Draft Budget Townhall Meeting on Saturday, with the theme, “Budget of Recovery”.
Yusuf described as very “alarming” the level of malnutrition among children, adding that five out of 10 children in the state remain malnourished.
He said: “According to the SMART report of 2015, over 66 per cent of children in Plateau are totally malnourished
Abdulai explained that the money was expended only on procurement of drugs and other nutrients for malnourished children and excluded the technical assistance rendered by the fund