AP: Nigerian Children Pay the Price for the Iran War as Malnutrition and Poverty Surge
Fuel pump prices rose from 800 naira to 1,400 naira per liter in two months, deepening poverty and pushing more children back into treatment.
- In Sokoto, The Associated Press reports health workers are seeing more children returning to facilities with malnutrition this year, with records showing nearly 40 children previously treated since February are currently under care again.
- Fuel pump prices jumped from 800 naira per liter in February to 1,400 naira in April, straining families after Nigerian President Bola Tinubu's economic reforms sparked inflation three years ago.
- Maryam Aminu, living in Kware, saw her child diagnosed with malnutrition twice after her husband, Shehu Aminu, lost his job as fuel costs surged; families now need 5,000 naira to buy what 2,000 naira previously purchased.
- Children are paying the price for the escalating conflict in the Middle East, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell warned, with up to 23.4 million additional children potentially falling into poverty by the end of the year.
- Health workers cite knock-on effects from the conflict in Iran as a factor in recurring malnutrition, and Ikemesit Effiong, a partner at Lagos-based SBM Intelligence, noted that this distant war offers no relief for vulnerable populations.
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SOKOTO, Nigeria (AP) — Maryam Aminu was hardly surprised when her last of her six children was diagnosed with malnutrition in April for the second time. She barely regularly fed the 18-month-old child, much less nutritious food. Although the family, in northwestern Nigeria, has been grappling with economic difficulties, her situation worsened after February, when her husband, Shehu Aminu, lost his job as a taxi driver due to an increase in the r…
Nigeria: Child malnutrition worsens as cost of living climbs
Children relapsing into malnutrition has become an increasingly common occurrence in the state and across northern Nigeria, according to local health and aid workers, who cite knock-on effects from the Iran war
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Nigerian children pay the price for the Iran war as malnutrition and poverty surge
Health workers in northern Nigeria say more children are relapsing into malnutrition and cite knock-on effects from the war in the Middle East.
The economic consequences of the regional war in the Middle East threaten to precipitate poverty in this 2026 to about 23.4 million boys and girls, according to a report by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). UNICEF's warning comes in a context of growing international tension. The post UNICEF alert: 23.4 million children could fall into poverty in 2026 first appeared on Cubadebate.
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