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Nigeria’s Northwest region has the highest rate of food insecurity and malnutrition in the country, with more than half of local government areas classified as food insecure and nearly 3.9 million children aged 0-59 months expected to suffer from acute malnutrition by April 2023. With this contribution, the SDC supports Action Contre la Faim to provide life-saving nutrition and WASH services to reduce morbidity and mortality attributed to acute malnutrition in Northwest Nigeria.
Since 2014, Nigeria’s Northwest has been the scene of spiralling insecurity, instability, and subsequent displacement, against a backdrop of chronic and extreme poverty and the effects and looming threat of climate change. This nexus of conflict, climate, and poverty is increasing increase and intensifying humanitarian needs. 25 million people in Nigeria are expected to be food insecure in the lean season period (June-August 2023), and the Northwest region has the highest rates of food insecurity and malnutrition in the country, with more than half of local government areas (LGAs) classified as “critically food insecure”. Nearly 3.9 million children aged 0- 59 months in the Northwest are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition. Despite these figures, the region is severely underserved by humanitarian actors and is not included in the 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP), which focuses on Northeast Nigeria (Lake Chad conflict). This proposal aims to address malnutrition through Nutrition and WASH interventions in two local government areas (LGAs) of Sokoto State, Nigeria’s poorest state (91% poverty rate compared to a national average of 40%).
Objectives To improve access to management of severe acute malnutrition and WASH services among the vulnerable population in Sokoto State. |
