In addition to this intensive treatment facility, more than 11,000 children were enrolled mid-July in the outpatient nutrition treatment programme supported by MSF in five smaller health centres in Kebbi state.
“The level of this crisis calls for big efforts in prevention activities,” says Maryam Muhammad, head of the MSF health promotion team in Kebbi. “That is why we also run outreach activities at community-level, to help parents in avoiding the worst for their children.”
A local solution against malnutrition
Four days a week, Maryam and her team hit the long roads of Kebbi, travelling from community to community, their car packed with tables, saucepans, pots, spoons, and recycled soda bottles filled to the brim with soya beans, sorghum, moringa leaves, palm oil and groundnuts.
“That’s all we need to make ‘Tom Brown’ demonstrations,” says Maryam, while on the way to Maishaika, a village located 40 kilometres from MSF’s inpatient feeding centre. “This, and some catchy songs to make sure the recipe remains in everyone’s head.”
Fonte original msf.org
