NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST NIGERIA | PC ACUTE MALNUTRITION ANALYSIS MAY 2022 – APRIL 2023
Nigeria IPC Alert: Nearly 6 million children in the Northwest and Northeast are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition
In the current period of May – September 2022, more than half of the 134 Local Government Areas (LGAs) included in the analysis are in IPC Acute Malnutrition (AMN) Phase 3 and above. It is projected that nearly 6 million children aged 0-59 months have likely been suffering and will likely continue to suffer from acute malnutrition in the period of May 2022 – April 2023 in Northwest and Northeast Nigeria. This includes 1,623,130 Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) cases and 4,308,404 Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) cases. In addition, 511,890 pregnant and lactating women will be acutely malnourished and in need of nutrition interventions.