Blog - On the last day of October 2022, four women from conflict-affected communities in Niger State arrived at Kontagora General Hospital. They were all carrying children who appeared to be severely malnourished. Kontagora General Hospital is in Kontagora town in north-west Niger State. The town is surrounded by smaller communities like Bangi, Shadadi, Kamfani Bobi, and Kuchi most of which have been severely affected by the banditry in the state.
On the last day of October 2022, four women from conflict-affected communities in Niger State arrived at Kontagora General Hospital. They were all carrying children who appeared to be severely malnourished. Kontagora General Hospital is in Kontagora town in north-west Niger State. The town is surrounded by smaller communities like Bangi, Shadadi, Kamfani Bobi, and Kuchi most of which have been severely affected by the banditry in the state.
In Nigeria, 45% of the over one million under-5 deaths that occur every year are attributed to malnutrition. Between 47 and 50 percent of the children in the northeast and the northwest suffer from malnutrition. The statistics are lower in the north central and southern part of the country, at 29% and below 20%, respectively. The United Nations Children's Fund reported that an estimated 11 million children in Nigeria are stunted while an estimated 2.
The Niger State Nutrition Officer, Asmau Mohammed said that the state relies on UNICEF for its matching contribution to the provision of RUTFs and other nutrition-related commodities for malnourished children. However, owing to the state's failure to fulfill its counterpart financial obligation to the programme, government-run healthcare facilities like Kontagora General Hospital have been without these essential supplies for more than 2 years.
Dr Okutepa has, since 2019, self-funded and driven the production of these locally prepared fortified foods. Depending on the needs of the children, he spends between 50,000 naira to 100,000 naira monthly. So far, 634 malnourished children have received this cost effective but nutrition dense meals.
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