Severe Malnutrition in Northern Nigeria Has Risen by 51%, MSF Raises the Alarm

The International President of the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, Dr. Christos Christou, has raised the alarm over what he described as a huge increase in the number of malnourished children in northern Nigeria.

Christou, who said this at the weekend at a press briefing in Abuja after he visited Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, noted that between January and August this year, there was a 51 per cent increase in admission of children with severe malnutrition compared to the same period last year.