Malnutrition surging in Nigeria’s Bauchi state, aid group says

FILE - Health officials measure a malnourished baby at a health clinic in Nigeria, on Sept. 21, 2021. Doctors Without Borders warns that severe malnutrition has increased dramatically in Bauchi state between January and June 2024.

Doctors Without Borders, also known by its French acronym MSF, says it recorded an alarming 23,000 cases of severe malnutrition in Nigeria’s Bauchi state between January and June this year — a 120% increase over the same period a year before.