There is an increasing number of displaced people escaping the armed conflict in Nigeria. The International Rescue Committee is providing emergency health and nutritional support to 1,600 children under five and 225 pregnant and breastfeeding women in the northeastern Adamawa State of the country.
More than a half million children in Nigeria suffer from severe malnutrition. Fuelled by poverty, ignorance and inadequate clean water and health services, the crisis continues to worsen as increasing numbers of displaced people flee the Boko Haram insurgency.
The International Rescue Committee, partnering with the Adamawa State government, is providing emergency health and nutritional support to 1,600 children under five and 225 pregnant and breastfeeding women. The IRC’s long-term goal is to assist 46,000 people in need.