Nigeria: In Borno, Cash Transfers Are Helping Families Treat Malnutrition Beyond the Clinic

Bilkisu, a resident of Njimtilo in the Konduga area of Borno State, lives with a visual impairment, while her children remain out of school as the family struggles to survive day by day. For them, even necessities such as food and education are beyond reach.

However, when one of her daughters was diagnosed with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) at the Njimtilo Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC), which is at least 16 kilometres from Maiduguri, the capital of Borno, the Future Resilience and…