UNICEF Launches Malnutrition Preventing Project Funded by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

• Partner Katsina in move to tackle non-compliance cases in immunisation

Olusegun Samuel in Yenagoa and Francis Sardauna in Katsina

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Bayelsà State Government, yesterday launched a $25 million Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saint funded one-year project on prevention of malnutrition during the first 1,000 days of a life.

Funded by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saint, Bayelsà State Government and UNICEF, the project seek to give every child born in the state a fighting chance not just to survive, but to grow, to learn, and to reach their full potential.

In another development, the Katsina State Primary Health Care Agency (KSPHCA), with the support of United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has intensified community engagement efforts to address cases of Non-Compliance (NC) and Child Absent (CA) in a renewed push to improve routine immunisation coverage across the state.