High food costs, aid cuts push 3.5m children into malnutrition

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… As 300,000 malnourished children in N/E face danger


As food prices continue to soar and international aid dwindles, child malnutrition is tightening its grip on Nigeria, according to available data.


About 3.5 million children in Nigeria are currently suffering from severe acute malnutrition, according to the latest data from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

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