State of Nutrition in Nigeria:
- Federal Ministry of Health (Nigeria)
- Poor Diet Can Make Children Short – Nigerian Tribune, November 30, 2011
Success Stories:
| Setting the Stage for Zinc Treatment in Nigeria | |
| Story by the Micronutrient Initiative | |
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More children die in sub-Saharan Africa on a per capita basis than any other region in the world, many of them from treatable diseases such as those causing diarrhoea. Nigeria has one of the highest child mortality rates on the continent. MI is working to help Nigeria develop effective ways of introducing the use of zinc supplements, as well as oral rehydration, for treating children with diarrhoea, in the hope of preventing some of those child deaths. Read more… |