The UNICEF communication specialist kano field office samuel kaalu. said, they are collaborating with the Kano Ministry of Health to bring treatment for malnourished childrens , through providing Vitamin A doses for children and iron folic supplementations for pregnant women .
In other hand, Kano State rank 1st in the country with about 1.5 million children under five years of age who are stunted, representing over 10 percent of country’s burden of malnurish children.
During the interview with a mother at Dorayi primary health care in Kano state malama Aliya says
” the situation is bad with with my child Muhammad kabir, who was 30 months but had the weight of 10-12 month-old child.”
“My son was severely malnourished, could not stand properly .”
Aminci Radio reported that,For Kano State, the situation is dire as only 10.1 percent of babies are exclusively breastfed; 15.7 percent of them are fed with minimum diet diversity, and a mere 10.6 percent receive food from animal sources such as meat, milk and eggs.
Malnutrition refers to deficiencies or excesses in nutrient intake, imbalance of essential nutrients or impaired nutrient utilization. The double burden of malnutrition consists of both undernutrition and overweight and obesity, as well as diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Undernutrition manifests in four broad forms: wasting, stunting, underweight, and micronutrient deficiencies.
People of Kano urgent Kano state governments to take timely action to prevent this crisis from becoming a tragedy for the most vulnerable children.
