UNICEF, Borno govt launch youth-led innovation for child nutrition

From Timothy Olanrewaju, Mauduguri
The United Nations Children:s Fund (UNICEF) and Borno State government have launched a youth-led innovation initiative to develop locally sourced nutrition for pregnant women and children.
UNICEF Chief of Borno field office, Mr Tarek Akkad in an address at the launch of the Youth-led Nutrition Innovation Challenge in Maiduguri yesterday announced that the initiative was designed to provide a low-cost nutrition meal plan for vulnerable families in Borno State.
“One of the objectives of this challenge is the protection of children from acute malnutrition in the first 1, 000 days of life. It will also ensure that pregnant women and young childre...