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Malnourishment affecting children in Nigeria

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has revealed that feeding centers in Maiduguri, in northeastern Nigeria, are receiving an unprecedented number of malnourished children in need of life-saving care.

According to the medical organization, approximately 1,300 kids have been admitted to intensive care units since the year began, which is the most for this time period ever seen in Borno state.

Per the report, by April, the number of severely malnourished youngsters admitted each week had doubled from January’s average of 75.

The living conditions in some of the children’s previous detention camps—which are run by armed opposition groups—are quite terrible.

http://tigpost.co/2022/11/malnutrition-in-children-increases-in-upper-east-region-ghs/

MSF is warning of an impending catastrophe if urgent action is not taken.

A currency crisis and a fire which destroyed the main market in Maiduguri have made things worse.

An ongoing insurgency in the region by the Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, has left thousands dead, forced many more from their homes and resulted in a humanitarian crisis.

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