Hardship: 5.4m children under five suffering acute malnutrition in northwest, northeast regions, UNICEF laments
Says Zamfara alone has 250,000, seeks urgent intervention to reverse trend The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has disclosed that nearly 5.4 million children aged 0-59 months in Nigeria’s northwest and northeast regions are grappling with acute malnutrition, with 1.8