UNICEF reaches 1.3 Million people with free healthcare services in northeast Nigeria

Keep up with the latest news and be part of our weekly giveaways and airtime sharing; follow our WhatsApp channel for more updates. Click to Follow us

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has confirmed that it has reached 1.3 million people with healthcare services and treated 340,000 children for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in the North-East region. The global agency also enrolled 0.5 million displaced children in education and supplied water to 185,000 people from January to June this year.

For further information, read more details here

UNICEF Chief of Maiduguri Field Office, Francis Butichi, made the disclosure while marking the 2025 World Humanitarian Day. “Today, we recognise humanitarian work and acknowledge the sacrifice of aid workers on the front lines,” he said, urging increased support for children, women, households, and communities most affected by conflicts, displacement, and climate-driven natural disasters.

Despite the successes, Butichi lamented that gaps remain, saying, “But gaps remain as disease outbreaks, climate change and attacks by non-state armed groups continue to fuel displacement, food insecurity and child malnutrition.” He commended the Borno and Yobe state governments for showing commitment through counterpart funding under the Child Nutrition Fund (CNF).

The UNICEF Maiduguri Field Office stated that the Borno government recently procured over 200 cartons of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) through the CNF mechanism, while the Yobe state government approved N165 million for the purchase of RUTF. Butichi called on donors, the private sector, and governments to increase funding to Local Government Areas (LGAs) and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) that support life-saving services.

However, the UN agency raised the alarm over a massive funding shortfall, revealing that it requires $255 million for humanitarian operations in 2025 but has only received $95 million, leaving a funding gap of $160 million (67%). Butichi urged Nigerians to support local humanitarian efforts, saying, “We are all aware of the global funding cut that has threatened humanitarian operations across the world. The impact is profoundly crushing at the local level, where conflict, climate change and disease outbreaks are recurrent.

Please don’t forget to “Allow the notification” so you will be the first to get our gist when we publish it. 
Drop your comment in the section below, and don’t forget to share the post