Nigeria, 2016: Six-month-old Falmata in Borno State – being screened in the UNICEF-supported Dalori camp for internally displaced people – is malnourished. As humanitarian aid becomes accessible in more areas in the conflict-affected north-eastern region, the extent of the nutrition crisis affecting children is becoming even more apparent. Of the 244,000 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition in Borno State this year, almost 1 in 5 will die if
not reached with treatment.
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