Fears of outbreaks grow in Maiduguri following severe flooding
September 26, 2024Major flooding in Maiduguri has seen close to 400,000 people registered in 30 makeshift displacement sites. While MSF teams have begun providing essential services at some sites, concerns are growing over disease outbreaks and an increase in malnutrition. Additional support, especially...
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Nigeria: One out of every four children in Shinkafi and Zurmi is malnourished
September 24, 2024MSF is urging immediate action after screening results reveal a catastrophic malnutrition crisis across Northwest Nigeria Abuja, 9 September 2024: One out of every four children under the age of five is malnourished in the Shinkafi and Zurmi areas of...
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Nigeria: One out of every four children in Shinkafi and Zurmi is malnourished
September 10, 2024Abuja, 9 September 2024: One out of every four children under the age of five is malnourished in the Shinkafi and Zurmi areas of Nigeria’s Zamfara state, according to a mass screening conducted in June by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)...
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Nigeria: Community-based solutions used for malnutrition response in Bauchi
August 10, 2024In Bauchi state, like other states in northern Nigeria, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are witnessing an unprecedent surge in malnutrition cases and are rapidly scaling up our medical response. As well as increasing bed capacity at the inpatient therapeutic...
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Nigeria: Significant spikes in numbers of malnourished children require urgent action
July 3, 2024In recent weeks, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) facilities in northern Nigeria have recorded an extraordinary increase in admissions of severely malnourished children with life-threatening complications, with two times more admissions than last year in some locations. This is horrifying, as...
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Record Admissions of Severely Malnourished Children Overwhelm MSF Medical Facilities in Northern Nigeria
June 5, 2024Abuja, 4 June 2024: In recent weeks, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) inpatient facilities in northern Nigeria have recorded an extraordinary increase in admissions of severely malnourished children with life-threatening complications, with two times more admissions than last year in some...
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Three survivors of noma, a disease that should no longer exist
May 23, 2023In many ways, Muhammadu, Mulikat and Dahiru have little in common. They were born in different corners of Nigeria (Yobe state in the northeast, Lagos in the southwest and Niger state, in the center) and grew up in different circumstances...
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“We see children dying on the way to our clinics”: MSF Country Representative in Nigeria
December 7, 2022Dr. Simba Tirima, MSF Country Representative in Nigeria: The past few months have been incredibly difficult for the people of northwest Nigeria and our teams have seen unprecedented high numbers of malnourished children in the medical facilities where we work...
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Catastrophic malnutrition crisis in northwest Nigeria must be recognized
September 27, 2022Abuja (27 September 2022): As the malnutrition crisis in northwest Nigeria continues at catastrophic levels, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling for the humanitarian community to respond to the emergency needs of people in the region, and for northwest Nigeria...
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Out of sight: neglected malnutrition crisis threatens tens of thousands of children in northwest Nigeria
July 8, 2022A growing, yet largely ignored, malnutrition crisis is unfolding in northwest Nigeria, which threatens the lives of tens of thousands of children, the medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières /Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned today. Since January, MSF teams, working...
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Responding to a Measles Outbreak in Nigeria
August 13, 2013A measles outbreak in northern Nigeria’s Katsina State has come to an end after 28 weeks. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) supported the Nigerian authorities throughout the outbreak by providing epidemiological surveillance and case management in Katsina’s 34 local...
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Nigeria: A unique experience – Saraswathy Achat
December 1, 2012Though I am a first missioner for MSF, I am not new to Africa or working with underprivileged people. Before joining MSF I worked for almost 17 years in India, Ethiopia and Sri Lanka, in various positions including as a...
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