America Company for Worldwide Improvement (USAID) has named Nollywood actress Chioma Chukwuka Akpotha as its inaugural Goodwill Ambassador for Vitamin in Nigeria.
Based on a press release issued by the US embassy in Abuja, this partnership goals to boost consciousness concerning the crucial difficulty of malnutrition, which impacts thousands and thousands of Nigerians, particularly girls and kids.
Malnutrition stays a big problem in Nigeria, with extreme acute malnutrition impacting 3.6 million kids, and contributing to 50 % of all deaths amongst kids below 5 years outdated. The prevalence of malnutrition amongst girls, adolescents, and younger kids undermines neighborhood well being and growth.
In collaboration with the Nigerian authorities and folks, the U.S. authorities, by way of USAID, works to mitigate malnutrition by offering efficient therapy for extreme malnutrition, coordinating vitamin providers, and selling confirmed strategies to assist higher vitamin, particularly for moms, infants, younger kids, and youngsters.
Because the Goodwill Ambassador for Vitamin, Chioma Chukwuka Akpotha has agreed to work to boost consciousness about maternal well being and youngster vitamin, promote wholesome behaviors, and disseminate key dietary messages.
“Chioma embodies the essence of advocacy and activism,” stated USAID Mission Director Melissa Jones.
“Her dedication to maternal well being and youngster well-being is a calling – a calling to make use of her platform for the better good, to amplify the voices of the unvoiced, and to encourage motion and alter.”
“We rejoice this partnership with Chioma Akpotha, which represents a milestone in our dedication to collaborate with the Nigerian folks,” Jones added. “Vitamin performs a significant function within the total well being and growth of Nigeria, particularly for its younger inhabitants. By harnessing and leveraging its expertise, Nigeria can proceed to chart a course in the direction of better prosperity and progress.”
Akpotha expressed her enthusiasm for the partnership, stating, “I’m honored to be USAID’s inaugural Goodwill Ambassador for Vitamin in Nigeria. Maternal and youngster well being is a trigger near my coronary heart, and
I’m dedicated to utilizing my platform to boost consciousness and encourage constructive change. Along with USAID, we will make an enduring affect on the lives of Nigerian households.”
By way of this partnership, Akpotha’s real dedication to maternal and youngster well being and vitamin, mixed together with her influential platform and USAID’s assist, goals to encourage a nationwide motion in the direction of higher vitamin and well being for all Nigerians.