About 582 LGAs have been confirmed to be endemic to worms- one leading factor militating against school enrolment. With 2021-2022/2025 being pegged by the World Health Organisation as the year for control and elimination of worms, Nigeria’s answer to the reduction of its approximately 10.5 million out- of- school children would just have been answered. Kuni Tyessi writes
Worm infection is one of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) which is usually associated with low socioeconomic status affecting the poorest communities and the most neglected vulnerable people. Infants and children are especially prone to the infection due to their less developed immune system.
300,000 North-East children may die of malnutrition this year–UN
Kayode Idowu
The United Nations Children’s Fund has predicted that about 300,000 children in the north-eastern part of Nigeria are likely to die of acute malnutrition in 2021.
In a statement on Friday, UNICEF also said over 800,000 children in the North-East were expected to suffer from acute malnutrition in the course of the year.
The North-East, comprising Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Taraba, Gombe, and Bauchi states has been ravaged by Boko Haram insurgency for years.
According to the Council on Foreign Relations, the terrorist group has killed around 70,000 persons and displaced an estimated 2.5 million people, including children.
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