HEALTH● ELEVATEDSep 16 · Sep 16, 2026, 1:55 AM
Nutrition: Shettima raises alarm as 41% of Nigerian children stunted
Vanguard Nigeria · sub saharan africa
… Only 6% of pregnant women complete iron supplementationBy Chioma Obinna Vice President Kashim Shettima on Tuesday in Lagos raised the alarm over Nigeria’s nutrition crisis, saying it poses a serious threat to the country’s human capital, as latest data show that 41.1 per cent of children under five are stunted, with the figure rising […] The post Nutrition: Shettima raises alarm as 41% of Nigerian children stunted appeared first on Vanguard News.
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