Oyo State has the highest rate of malnutrition in Southwestern Nigeria, with a child mortality rate of 73 deaths per 1000 live births and an infant mortality rate of 59 per 1000 live births among malnourished children under five. This information was shared during an advocacy meeting by Civil Society-Scale Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN). Project coordinator Ambrose Evhoesor highlighted that nutrition has been neglected in the state, resulting in 34.5% of children under five being stunted, 3.8% wasted, and 19.9% underweight, according to a 2018 NDHS study. Additionally, only 49.5% of children under six months are exclusively breastfed.
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