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The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has warned that over 35 percent of Nigerian children, under five years old, are affected by malnutrition.

NARD, in a post on X on Thursday, described the situation as a “critical public health challenge.”

The resident doctors association said: “Malnutrition contributes significantly to child mortality. It also impacts cognitive development, disease susceptibility, and national productivity.”

NARD said that interventions include Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) distribution, community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM), and Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) counselling.”

It would be recalled that in August, the Federal Government of Nigeria described Nigeria’s malnutrition crisis as “a national emergency.”

The Special Assistant to the President on Public Health, Uju Rochas-Anwuka, has also been quoted in earlier reports as revealing that annual losses due to malnutrition “exceed $1.5 billion.”

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