Nigeria, Oct. 27 -- The federal government is partnering with a US-based organisation, Operation End Starvation, to mobilise more than $1 billion to combat child malnutrition and prevent starvation-related deaths across sub-Saharan Africa, with Nigeria as a priority country.

The partnership was announced on Monday when the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, led a delegation from the organisation and other agencies under the ministry to meet with the wife of the president, Oluremi Tinubu, to discuss areas of collaboration.

According to a statement issued by Busola Kukoyi, the Senior Special Assistant on Media to Mrs Tinubu, the initiative aims to support Nigeria's efforts to address hunger and child malnut...