COVID-19 seizes battle against malnutrition in Nigeria, complicates worsening scenario
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Published 26 January 2021
Before the COVID-19, Nigeria has not fared well in dealing with the burden of malnutrition. With the pandemic, DAYO Ojerinde writes that experts fear that the battle against malnutrition could suffer a setback, adding that it will take a collective effort to tackle the menace in the country
On February 28, 2020, Infection Prevention and Control, a Technical Working Group of Nigerians and the Federal Ministry of Health predicted that a total of 921,618 children, aged six to 59 months, would suffer from acute malnutrition in 2020.