Nigeria: Behind Child Suffering from Malnutrition - The Mental Struggle of Caregivers
Every child here is fighting severe acute malnutrition, a condition that continues to claim young lives across northern Nigeria.
Helping several caregivers whose children have been admitted for malnutrition, Kethurah John, an MSF counsellor educator, says that the condition of their children at home leaves caregivers with two difficult choices, and that sometimes their husbands do not help the situation.
For many children with severe acute malnutrition, treatment can last from one week to a month.
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