United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), yesterday said 56.9 percent of under five years children in Kano are affected by stunting due to malnutrition.

UNICEF Nutrition Specialist, Kano office, Mr Oluniyi Oyedokun, stated this yesterday in Kaduna at a two-day stakeholders inception meeting on scaled-up Multiple Micronutrient Supplements for improved pregnancy outcome in Kano.

According to him, out of two children in Kano, one is stunted.

He revealed that the MMS intervention campaign was being sponsored by Bill and Melinda Foundation, adding that only five states in Nigeria, including Kano were currently benefiting from the project.

Oyedokun urged all the stakeholders to look at the prevention of anaemia in pregnancy holistically, from the perspective of social behavioural change.