Nigeria: Child malnutrition worsens as cost of living climbs
Although the family in northwest Nigeria has struggled with economic hardship, their situation deteriorated after February, when he lost his job as a taxi driver due to a spike in the retail price of petrol caused by the war in Iran.
Children relapsing into malnutrition has become an increasingly common occurrence in the state and across northern Nigeria, according to local health and aid workers, who cite knock-on effects from the Iran war.
The war has also affected fertilizer supplies and prices, threatening the planting season and worsening the fate of mostly farming communities in northern Nigeria who have struggled to access their farmlands amid a deadly conflict with armed groups.
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