No fewer than 450 kids died of malnutrition in 28 Internally Displaced
Persons’ camps in Borno state in 2015, the State Emergency Management
Agency said on Sunday. The Executive Director of the Board, Dr Sule
Mele, who revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) in Maiduguri, said the victims were aged between one and five
years. According to him, more than 209,577 children have been screened
for various illnesses, including malnutrition, malaria, diarrhoea and
vomiting.
He said 6,444 severe cases of malnutrition was recorded in the camps, 25,511 have mild to moderate symptoms, while 177,622 among them were not malnourished. The large number of malnutrition, Mele said is due to lack of access to highly nutritious foods in the camps. He urged the Federal Government to adopt the U.S. Special Supplemental Nutrition Programme for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), for healthcare and nutrition to enable proper supplementary feeding for the kids in IDP camps.
He said 6,444 severe cases of malnutrition was recorded in the camps, 25,511 have mild to moderate symptoms, while 177,622 among them were not malnourished. The large number of malnutrition, Mele said is due to lack of access to highly nutritious foods in the camps. He urged the Federal Government to adopt the U.S. Special Supplemental Nutrition Programme for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), for healthcare and nutrition to enable proper supplementary feeding for the kids in IDP camps.
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