Kaduna State smashed a massive win by curing 30,089 severely malnourished children across all 23 LGAs this year via Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM) services—treating over 60K admissions despite rising national trends like stunting up to 40%, wasting to 8% and underweight hitting 27% from 2018-2024.
State Nutrition Officer Ramatu Musa, via Jibril Isah, shared the glow-up at Tuesday’s Kaduna meet with Gov’s wife Hafsat Uba-Sani and LGA spouses—spotlighting Kaduna’s North-West lead at 40.7% stunting (down from 48.1%) but flagging wasting jumps to 5.9% and underweight to 24.7%, blaming weak LGA committees, funding gaps and spotty 64% ward coverage amid japa and resource crunches.
Gov Uba-Sani’s crew, backed by ₦1.1B allocations, 12K RUTF cartons and partners like UNICEF/ANRiN, rallied spouses for grassroots firepower—screenings, breastfeeding pushes, mothers’ groups, male buy-in and scorecards—vowing no diversions as First Lady Hafsat pledges all-in advocacy for UHC and zero child deaths.
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