Rauf Oyewole, Bauchi The Bauchi State Government through the Primary Health Care Development Board and CASCADE (Care Nigeria) have created ‘nutrition corner’ at primary health centres in the state to teach pregnant and nursing mothers how to combine recipes to…
Rauf Oyewole, Bauchi The Bauchi State Government has expressed shock over data indicating that child poverty in the state is at an alarming level, with eight out of ten children classified as multidimensionally poor. Reacting to revelations that N1 billion…
By Matthew Denis The Federal Government has commenced a drastic measures towards eradicate malnutrition of children and women in particular at the grassroot level. The Special Assistant to the Vice President on Public Health, Uju Rochas-Anwukah made the disclosure during…
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, in its latest Goalkeepers report, has highlighted the transformative potential of fortifying common food items in Nigeria to combat child malnutrition. The report, titled, “A Race to Nourish a Warming World,” was made available…
By Matthew Denis In a bid to enhance maternal and child health services, the federal government has said it has rolled out millions of Multiple Micronutrient Supplements (MMS) for pregnant women across Nigeria, to address their nutrition needs and significantly…
President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, on Wednesday, promised to enter into agreement with governments, local governments and local producers of Nutri-K’s Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) to guarantee adequate supply directly to primary healthcare centres that treat severe an acute malnutrition(SAM) on…
