Acute malnutrition strikes in Nasarawa state, 30 children dead.
According to report, over 2000 children are receiving treatment for acute malnutrition crisis at various medical centres across the state.
Nasarawa State Primary Health Care Development Agency’s Nutrition Officer, Hajiya Halima Yusuf, confirmed the dead toll at a two-day meeting of the state Committee on Food and Nutrition held at the state capital Lafia.
She explained that the children had in the last three months been admitted to 15 health care centres in 13 Local Government Areas and 18 development areas following surge in reported cases of acute malnutrition and other diseases due to inadequate nutrition.
She reiterated the readiness of the agency to stem the rising cases of malnutrition by embarking on intensive community management of acute malnutrition programme across the state to address the crisis.
Earlier, the Nasarawa State Coordinator, Committee on Food and Nutrition, Abdul Osama, emphasized the need for more campaigns on the importance of nutritious food.
The State Chairman, Committee on Food and Nutrition, Mr Emmanuel Alidzi, called for urgent action to address the cases of malnutrition in the state.
The Nutrition Focal Persons in the local government areas also called for budgetary provisions for nutrition at the local government level.