Members of the Food Crisis Prevention Network (RPCA) gathered on 12 December 2016 in Abuja at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Food Crisis Prevention Network (RPCA), held under the political leadership of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the West African Economic […]
Nigeria: I kept telling the team “it’s all about food”
Interview with Helle Poulsen-Dobbyns, MSF programme coordinator in Maiduguri Helle Poulsen-Dobbyns has just returned from Maiduguri – the capital of Borno State in northeastern Nigeria – where she was programme coordinator for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). She explains how malnourished children idps were flooding into MSFmedical facilities in a region […]
Nigeria: Tackling Malnutrition in Borno State
MALNUTRITION IN IDPs NIGERIA The ongoing conflict between Boko Haram and the Nigerian military has had a devastating impact on the people on northeasterm Nigeria’s Borno State. In several locations, people seeking safety from the violence are entirely dependent on outside aid, which is not reaching them. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins […]
