Nasir Shuaibu 
The United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) says only 50 per cent of pregnant women in Nigeria have access to receive IFM/MMS supplementation.
The body says it is targeting a 40 per cent reduction of pregnant women suffering from anaemia by the year 2025 in accordance with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 in Nigeria.
The UNICEF Nutrition Field Officer Bauchi Philomena Irene announced this at an event to launch the scale-up of multiple micronutrient supplements to improve pregnancy out – comes in the state.
She explained that this lifesaving initiative is generously funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and implemented by UNICEF in partnership with the Government of Nigeria and the Bauchi State Government.
This initiative is expected to strengthen the ante-natal platforms to deliver high impact maternal nutrition interventions in Bauchi state.
