“Between that 2017 and now, the ministry has contributed and disbursed about N1.8 billion.'
The Federal Ministry of Health says it has disbursed over N1.8 billion for the prevention and treatment of malnutrition in 18 states in the last two years.
Mr Isokpunwu said in 2017, the ministry signed a memorandum of understanding with UNICEF for the counterpart contribution for the procurement of Ready to use Therapeutic Food . “The first payment was N600 million from the 2017 appropriation, the money was used to set up treatment centres, training of health workers and distribution of the RUTF in Anambra, Bayelsa, Edo, Osun, Bauchi and the Federal Capital Territory.Isokpunwu said that in the 2018 appropriation, the Federal Government disbursed N1.2 billion to UNICEF based on the MoU to procure RUTF.
He explained that the ministry identified 18 states with a high burden of Severe Acute Malnutrition and wrote letters to the states for expression of interest to address the challenge.
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