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Northwest malnutrition - Kebbi ATFC and ITFC

A growing, yet largely ignored, malnutrition crisis is unfolding in northwest Nigeria, which threatens the lives of tens of thousands of children. Since January, MSF teams, working in partnership with Nigerian health authorities in five northwestern states, have already treated more than 50,000 children with acute malnutrition, including 7,000 who required hospital care.

In this chronically food-insecure region, escalating levels of violence have pushed many communities to their limits, including about 500,000 people forced to flee from home. In recent years, armed groups have intensified attacks, killings, kidnappings, lootings and sexual violence. Many people cannot farm, cattle are stolen, and markets and trade are disrupted amidst soaring staple food prices in an already fragile health context.

MSF teams have expanded their response in Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina and Kano states. In Kebbi, MSF runs an inpatient (ITFC) and two outpatient (ATFC) therapeutic food centres. Mid-July, 66 children were admitted in our 33-bed ITFC.

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