Médecins Sans Frontières has warned that deepening humanitarian funding cuts are threatening Nigeria’s already fragile healthcare response, as rising malnutrition, disease outbreaks and maternal health emergencies continue to overwhelm vulnerable communities across the country.
The organisation raised the concern in its 2025 Country Activity Report released on Wednesday, describing the current health situation as increasingly dire amid worsening economic hardship, insecurity and mounting pressure on overstretched medical services.
MSF disclosed that more than 440,000 children were treated for malnutrition in 2025, marking the highest number of malnutrition admissions recorded by the organisation in Nigeria in recent years.
According to the report, MSF treated 353,989 children for severe acute malnutrition through outpatient programmes and admitted another 90,723 children with acute malnutrition and medical complications into stabilisation centres.
MSF Country Representative in Nigeria, Ahmed Aldikhari, said the crisis was being worsened by declining humanitarian support and deteriorating living conditions affecting millions of families.
“The 2025 data tells a harrowing story: with over 440,000 children put on treatment, it is the year with the highest admissions for malnutrition we’ve had in Nigeria in recent years,” Aldikhari said.
He added, “conflict and insecurity, displacement, several consecutive years of inflation, flooding, drought and rising food prices continue to affect families’ ability to access food and healthcare.
“Humanitarian funding cuts are also increasing pressure on already overstretched services in high-need areas.”
MSF has operated in Nigeria since 1996, responding to disease outbreaks, malnutrition, maternal health emergencies, conflict-related crises and natural disasters.
In 2025, the organisation ran
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