11m Nigerian Children Are Malnourished – UNICEF The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), an organisation established by United Nations and saddled with the provision of long-term humanitarian and development assistance to children and mothers, especially in developing nations, on Monday lamented the rate of poverty and ignorance in most developing countries of Africa, including Nigeria, saying these were mostly responsible for children malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa. The UNICEF Country Representative for Nigeria, Jean Gough, who disclosed this in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, said 11 million children in the country are currently malnourished. She however said UNICEF was ready to provide information on nutrition of children to women even as she promised that UNICEF was ever ready to assist in tackling the challenge, noting that the fund provides humanitarian and development assistance to children and mothers in developing nations. “UNICEF is out to support what government is doing especially in primary health care, children nutrition and eradication of polio. - See more at: abujavoice/11m-nigerian-children-malnourished-unicef/#sthash.GKACCZJK.dpuf
Posted on: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 19:53:37 +0000
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