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How is the IRC treating malnutrition in northern Nigeria?
Learn more about why malnutrition rates are rising in Nigeria, and how the IRC is supporting people.
- Article
- July 11, 2025
Humanitarian Response in Nigeria, August 2017
Humanitarian Response in Nigeria, August 2017
- Resource
- September 6, 2017
A mother escapes Nigeria
On April 6 last year, Gloria Ibrahim, 29, and her family woke to the clatter of gunfire. They ran outside to find a cadre from Boko Haram, the radical Islamist militia that controls parts of northeastern Nigeria, rounding up villagers.
- Article
- July 25, 2022
Mothers and their babies look to the future in northeast Nigeria
These portraits celebrate the recovery of children in northeast Nigeria.
- Article
- June 30, 2022
Education in Nigeria
In Nigeria, making sure children have a safe place to learn
- Slideshow
- June 30, 2022
How nutritionists are encouraging breastfeeding to save lives in Nigeria
Despite the benefits of breastfeeding, many mothers face both physical and social challenges. Fatima works with the community in Nigeria to raise awareness and educational programmes on breastfeeding.
- Article
- November 1, 2023
IRC Nigeria at work
Many children suffer severe acute malnutrition in Nigeria as a result of the over a decade-long armed conflict which has displaced many families from their homelands and their source of livelihoods. IRC continues to provide health care services to malnourished children and their mothers in Nigeria.
- Slideshow
- June 10, 2021
Meet Jafiada, breastfeeding advocate and mother of three tackling malnutrition in Nigeria
Jafiada was six months pregnant when she and her husband had to flee armed conflict in northeast Nigeria in 2014.
- Video
- August 3, 2022
Acting Before Disaster Strikes: The impacts of anticipatory cash transfers on climate resilience in Northeast Nigeria
Action Before Disaster Strikes: The impacts of anticipatory cash transfers on climate resiliencein Northeast Nigeria
- Report
- October 12, 2023
Crisis Watch: Northeast Nigeria On The Brink Of Famine
The war against Boko Haram has created massive displacement and famine-like conditions for 14.8 million affected people in northeastern Nigeria. 5.1 million people are food insecure, and 2.8 million children are severely malnourished. If nothing changes, 205 children will die each day. This crisis is man-made, but the solutions are too. The IRC is scaling up its life-saving response in northeastern Nigeria, but we must do more.
- Video
- February 23, 2017