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NGO To Share 20m Sachets Of Nutrient Powder
A Non-Governmental
Organisation, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), is to distribute 20 million doses of micro nutrient powder to malnourished children in Nigeria.
The Country Manager of GAIN, Mr Larry Umunna, made this known in an interview with our correspondent in Yenagoa.
Umunna said that a recent health survey indicated that two out of every five children in Nigeria were malnourished and stunted.
The country manager said that there was a strong relationship between nutrition and development.
He said that GAIN was determined to ensure development in Nigeria by supporting fortification of manufactured foods with essential nutrients.
He said that the organisation was seeking ways to collaborate with communities in the Niger Delta to ensure adequate nutrition for less privileged children.
“Prior to the establishment of our office in Nigeria in 2011, we funded programmes on large-scale food fortification.
“We enriched staple foods such as wheat flour, vegetable oil and sugar with vitamins and minerals.
“Our aim is to ensure that when those at the grassroots consume these fortified staple foods, they will have a significant percentage of recommended daily quantity of nutrients,’’ he said.
Umunna said that the organisation had been working in conjunction with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON).
“We now want to start working with the communities themselves; that was why we commenced a pilot scheme in 2013 in Benue.
“A total of 111,000 children between the ages of two and five, who ordinarily would not have access to multivitamin formulations or fortified staple food, received micro nutrient powder containing 15 vitamins.
“Within the next few months, we shall, in collaboration with other partners, distribute 20 million doses of micro nutrient powder to be sprinkled on food,” he said.
Umunna said that GAIN was equally interested in improving nutrition for pregnant and lactating women in the Niger Delta and other parts of the country.
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