NIGERIA / BOKO HARAM CHILDREN

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that an estimated quarter of a million children in Borno state, in north-eastern Nigeria, face severe malnourishment and risk death, as the scale of the humanitarian crisis caused by the Boko Haram emergency continues to unfold. FILE

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STORY: NIGERIA / BOKO HARAM CHILDREN
TRT: 00:50
SOURCE: UNICEF / WFP
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE: FILE

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FILE - UNICEF - JUNE 29-JULY 2, 2015, MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA

1. Wide shot, displaced people on outskirts of city
2. Wide shot, people walking on streets of city

FILE - WFP - 10 MARCH 2016 CHEZ COAN COMMUNITY, MAIDUGURI, BORNO STATE, NIGERIA

3. Various shots, displaced women and children living in school

FILE - UNICEF - JUNE 29-JULY 2, 2015, MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA

4. Med shot, health worker testing for malnutrition in Dalori IDP camp
5. Close up, child being tested for malnutrition
6. Wide shot, health worker in UNICEF-supported clinic for women in Dalori IDP camp
8 . Med shot, health worker tending to baby in UNICFE-supported clinic
9. Wide shot, health worker addressing IDPs in Dalori camp
10. Close up, child in foreground with mothers holding nutrition supplements

FILE - WFP - 10 MARCH 2016 CHEZ COAN COMMUNITY, MAIDUGURI, BORNO STATE, NIGERIA

11. Close up, woman with child
12. Wide shot, man with children

Storyline

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned today (19 Jul) that an estimated quarter of a million children in Borno state, in north-eastern Nigeria, face severe malnourishment and risk death, as the scale of the humanitarian crisis caused by the Boko Haram emergency continues to unfold.

The agency added that out of the 244,000 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition, an estimated 49,000 children will die if they are not reached with treatment.

UNICEF and its partners are providing malnutrition treatment as well as improving access to water and sanitation. They are also providing other medical, immunization, education and psychological support to the children affected by the violence.

As the agency gains access to new areas with vast humanitarian needs in the coming weeks, it expects the appeal to increase significantly. But its funding appeal for this year is only 41 per cent funded so far.

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Production Date: 19 July 2016
• Creator: WFP; UNICEF
• Alternate Title: unifeed160719g
• Subject Topical: CHILDREN; MALNUTRITION
• Geographic Subject: NIGERIA
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• MAMS Id: 1675475
• Parent Id: 1675475