‘Poor nutrition complicates HIV/AIDS, diabetes, others’

Poor nutrition complicates the condition of people living with diseases such as diabetes, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, the Executive Director, Borno State Primary Health Care Development Agency (BOSPHCDA), Dr. Sule Meleh, has warned. He gave the warning during an interview with Daily Trust. He said lack of good nutrition leads to weak immune system that makes […]

Poor nutrition complicates the condition of people living with diseases such as diabetes, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, the Executive Director, Borno State Primary Health Care Development Agency (BOSPHCDA), Dr. Sule Meleh, has warned.

He gave the warning during an interview with Daily Trust. He said lack of good nutrition leads to weak immune system that makes it difficult for the organs and processes of the body to resist infections and toxins.

Dr. Meleh said poverty, inadequate food production and intake, ignorance and uneven distribution of food, poor food preservation techniques, improper preparation of food, food restrictions and taboos, as well as poor sanitation are some of the underlying causes of malnutrition in the society.

He however stressed that the decade long Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast had a devastating effect on food security, as its quantity, quality and availability continue to decline thereby affecting the health condition of people in the region.