Women prepare an enriched flour mixture of rice, sugar, oil and cowpeas at a UNICEF-supported health centre in the town of Dagamanet, Agadez Region of Niger. The mixture is used to treat children with moderate-to-severe malnutrition. Other nutritional measures, including ready-to-eat therapeutic food and exclusive breastfeeding for at least the first six months of a child’s life, are also being utilized to treat malnutrition. Chronic food deficits, antiquated agricultural practices and insufficient cultivated land have left the country vulnerable to recurring food crises.
© UNICEF/Giacomo Pirozzi
Women prepare an enriched flour mixture of rice, sugar, oil and cowpeas at a UNICEF-supported health centre in the town...