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At least 652 children died from malnutrition in Nigeria in last six months, MSF says
KATSINA STATE, NIGERIA, JUL 25 – Médecins Sans Frontières treated nearly 70,000 malnourished children in Katsina, with hospitalizations rising amid funding cuts from major donors including the US and EU.
- Médecins Sans Frontières reported that over 650 children in Katsina, northern Nigeria, lost their lives due to malnutrition during the first half of 2025, largely because of inadequate access to medical care.
- This rising death toll follows a nutritional crisis that worsened after 2024, compounded by major funding cuts from the US, UK, and EU impacting humanitarian aid.
- From the start of 2025 through mid-year, Doctors Without Borders provided medical care to close to 70,000 children suffering from malnutrition in Katsina, hospitalizing approximately 10,000 of them, while cases of nutritional oedema increased by more than 200 percent.
- The World Food Programme has warned that it will have to halt its food and nutrition support for around 1.3 million individuals in northeastern Nigeria by late July because of severe funding shortages, which could lead to a rise in malnutrition.
- MSF and other organizations have urgently appealed for global assistance to help save lives, emphasizing the need for coordinated efforts amid challenges such as insecurity, rising food costs, and disease outbreaks.
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In the Nigerian state of Katsina, more than 650 children have died from severe malnutrition in the past six months, according to Doctors Without Borders (MSF). According to the aid organization, the situation in northern Nigeria is visibly deteriorating. A growing number of children require treatment for malnutrition. The aid organization says the number of children with malnutrition arriving at MSF clinics has more than tripled this year. In th…
Malnutrition: Over 650 children died in Katsina in six months
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) says it treated nearly 70,000 malnourished children in Katsina State, including almost 10,000 who required hospitalisation The post Malnutrition: Over 650 children died in Katsina in six months – MSF appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
At least 652 children died from malnutrition in Nigeria in last six months, MSF says
At least 652 children died from malnutrition in the Nigerian state of Katsina in the first six months of 2025, Mèdecìns Sans Frontières said on Friday, an outcome it said it was due to funding cuts by international donors.
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