Nigeria receives $10m support for life-saving nutrition response in North East
As people in northeast Nigeria struggle to endure a devastating food and nutrition crisis, the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has released a $10 million allocation to help save lives and to bring emergency aid to those who need it most.
Around 1.74 million children under the age of five are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition in the North East in 2022.
With a 34% increase from last year, the North East has recorded the highest burden of acute malnutrition since 2016, with more than 300,000 children expected to suffer from severe acute malnutrition.
A statement from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says the consequences of inaction are a matter of life and death. If immediate action is not taken, more than five thousand children are expected to die.
The statement further indicates that those who survive will potentially face lifelong disabilities.
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“Malnutrition puts children at an increased risk of dying from common infections, increases the frequency and severity of these infections, delays recovery and leads to developmental stagnation.
"This allocation from CERF will accelerate actions to increase treatment capacity and early identification of acute malnutrition.
“The funding will be used for integrated prevention and treatment, including proven local solutions to improve the availability, affordability and/or accessibility of nutritious foods that protect women and children from repeated episodes of acute malnutrition.
"This CERF allocation is the latest in a concerted effort to address the food and nutrition crisis. In May 2022, CERF allocated $15 million to support the catastrophic response to food insecurity and nutrition.
"In September, the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund (NHF) provided two allocations of $2.5 million and $1 million to enable humanitarian actors to provide emergency nutrition support in line with the multi-sector inter-agency plan $351 million to address the desperate food and nutrition situation,” the statement read.
He however said that these funds are disbursed in the midst of an alarming lean season in which 4.1 million people in the North East are facing the pain of hunger according to the assessment of the food security and nutrition of the Harmonized Framework.
Despite these efforts, there remains a huge funding gap. The nutrition sector has a funding gap during the lean season of $39 million, or 57%.
According to Mr. Matthias Schmale, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, “We urgently need to close the funding gap to rapidly scale up the response and implement immediate lifesaving measures. For the thousands of children trying to survive, additional funding is needed today, not tomorrow. »
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Nigeria receives $10 million in support for life-saving nutrition response in the northeast
EDITORIAL: The Bloody Discovery in Ibadan
Nigeria receives $10 million in support for life-saving nutrition response in the northeast
As people in northeast Nigeria struggle to endure a devastating food and nutrition crisis, the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has released a $10 million allocation to help save lives and to bring emergency aid to those who need it most.
Around 1.74 million children under the age of five are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition in the North East in 2022.
With a 34% increase from last year, the North East has recorded the highest burden of acute malnutrition since 2016, with more than 300,000 children expected to suffer from severe acute malnutrition.
A statement from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says the consequences of inaction are a matter of life and death. If immediate action is not taken, more than five thousand children are expected to die.
The statement further indicates that those who survive will potentially face lifelong disabilities.
ALSO READ FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNE
“Malnutrition puts children at an increased risk of dying from common infections, increases the frequency and severity of these infections, delays recovery and leads to developmental stagnation.
"This allocation from CERF will accelerate actions to increase treatment capacity and early identification of acute malnutrition.
“The funding will be used for integrated prevention and treatment, including proven local solutions to improve the availability, affordability and/or accessibility of nutritious foods that protect women and children from repeated episodes of acute malnutrition.
"This CERF allocation is the latest in a concerted effort to address the food and nutrition crisis. In May 2022, CERF allocated $15 million to support the catastrophic response to food insecurity and nutrition.
"In September, the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund (NHF) provided two allocations of $2.5 million and $1 million to enable humanitarian actors to provide emergency nutrition support in line with the multi-sector inter-agency plan $351 million to address the desperate food and nutrition situation,” the statement read.
He however said that these funds are disbursed in the midst of an alarming lean season in which 4.1 million people in the North East are facing the pain of hunger according to the assessment of the food security and nutrition of the Harmonized Framework.
Despite these efforts, there remains a huge funding gap. The nutrition sector has a funding gap during the lean season of $39 million, or 57%.
According to Mr. Matthias Schmale, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, “We urgently need to close the funding gap to rapidly scale up the response and implement immediate lifesaving measures. For the thousands of children trying to survive, additional funding is needed today, not tomorrow. »
MONDAY LINES: I support Buhari
Nigeria receives $10 million in support for life-saving nutrition response in the northeast
EDITORIAL: The Bloody Discovery in Ibadan
Nigeria receives $10 million in support for life-saving nutrition response in the northeast
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