OYO State government, in collaboration with Safe the Children Nigeria and Solina Health, will over a three–year period increase utilization of quality cost-effective nutrition services for pregnant and lactating women, children and adolescent girls to improve their health and nutritional outcomes. This is following the 2018 National Nutrition and Health Survey (NNHS) showing that malnutrition in Nigeria has not significantly reduced since the 1990s and putting prevalence of stunting, an indicator of chronic malnutrition, in Oyo state at 23 per cent. Oyo State Commissioner for Health, Dr Bashir Bello, speaking at the onboarding of non-state actors of the Oyo State Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria (ANRiN) project, said that Safe the Children Nigeria and Solina Health are expected to find the missing gaps and to tackle factors mitigating nutrition deficiency in children. He stated that preventing malnutrition delivers returns on investment with every naira spent in preventing malnutrition yielding 16 times in economic gains. This report x-rays the lives and experiences of residents in getting clean, potable and affordable water amidst the surge of COVID-19 cases in the state.

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 03, 2021 00:11 UTC