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<p>More than 76 percent of pre-school children in Nigeria are anaemic due to deficiency in micronutrients in their bodies.</p><div class="g5nhqAdz" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p>The secretary Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition In Nigeria<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=CS-SUNN&;oq=CS-SUNN&;aqs=chrome..69i57j46j0l6.3204j0j9&;sourceid=chrome&;ie=UTF-8"> CS-SUNN</a> stated this through its executive secretary, Beatrice Eluaka during a one day Media roundtable on micro-nutrient deficiency control in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture &; Rural development held in Kano</p>
<p>Beatrice Aluka expressed worry about how WHO has classified anaemia, as a severe public health problem in Nigeria.</p>
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<p>CS-SUNN also said the reports indicate that 66.7% of pregnant women in Nigeria are also suffering from anaemia.</p>
<p>According to the Executive Secretary, the COVID-19 pandemic has some implications for those most vulnerable to micronutrient deficiencies as well as the essential nutrition services that prevent the devastating effects of malnutrition.</p>
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<p>“The COVID-19 pandemic may result in significant short- and long-term disruptions to food systems, increasing and complicating the global prevalence of all forms of malnutrition, including MND”.said Beatrice Aluka</p>
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<p>Mrs. Aluka further commended the Kano State Government for approving the State Multi-sectoral Plan of Action for Nutrition and urged it to fund and implement the plan.</p>
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<p>The meeting further calls on the media to step-up reportage on factual issues around micronutrient deficiencies to attract policymakers and concerned stakeholders to take the right steps towards curbing malnutrition in Nigeria.</p>
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