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Nigeria: Severe acute malnutrition leaves children "on brink of death"
19.09.2016 08:02 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
In Nigeria, tens of thousands of children could die in coming months from severe acute malnutrition, UN Radio says referring to the UNICEF Fri report.
It is to be admitted, the warning from the UN Children Fund comes as aid workers start to gain access to the north-east of the country after government forces pushed back Boko Haram insurgents.
In meanwhile, while speaking from the Nigerian capital Abuja, UNICEF Project Officer Arjan De Wagt said that children are «literally on the brink of death», and that the agency needs funds to identify the most vulnerable youngsters in three states: Borno, Jobe and Adamawa.
As to the report, UNICEF estimates that 400,000 children are at risk in three states in Nigeria, while a total of 4.4 million people are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance there.
Reportedly, ongoing security concerns have prevented the Agency from reaching all those in need, including two million people in Borno state alone.
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