00:05It's been almost one month since Zahra Hussain.
00:10Hussain brought her three-year-old son to this stabilization center in Jiri.
00:15In Northeastern Borono State, just weeks ago, Ishak's life was...
00:20Hanging in the balance due to acute malnutrition.
00:24Feeding had become...
00:25Increasingly difficult, so bringing him here, she says, was her only option.
00:30He's been taking his meals and milk.
00:35If this support stops, we'll be really unhappy because we can't afford...
00:40...to get the scare elsewhere.
00:43Ishak's case reflects the much...
00:45...wider crises unfolding across Nigeria and the region.
00:49The UN World...
00:50World Food Programme warns that about 13 million children in Western Central Africa...
00:55...could suffer from malnutrition this year.
00:58While more than 3 million...
01:00...people are expected to face emergency levels of food insecurity.
01:05Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger account for nearly...
01:1077% of those affected in Nigeria's Northeast...
01:15...the situation is particularly dire.
01:18Across Nigeria...
01:20...humanitarian needs are rising.
01:23Families are...
01:25...facing...
01:26...increase food insecurity.
01:28Children are facing...
01:30...alarming level of malnutrition.
01:33Civilian in Borno...
01:35... Alex, Mawar and Yobbe...
01:37...continue to live...
01:38...in the fear of increased innovation...
01:40with violence attack.
01:42According to the UN, nearly 35
01:45million Nigerians could face food
01:47insecurity in the coming seasons with
01:50more than three million children at risk
01:52of severe acute malnutrition.
01:55While aid agencies are scaling back due to
01:57funding constraints, the UN
02:00says a shift is now underway, placing
02:02greater responsibility on national
02:05and local authorities.
02:07As international humanitarian funding
02:10continues to shrink, the UN says Nigeria
02:13is entering a transition phase.
02:15One that puts government leadership,
02:17domestic financing and community.
02:20Driven solutions at the center of the
02:22response to hunger and malnutrition.
02:25The government says humanitarian
02:28assistance must go beyond.
02:30emergency relief and focus on long-term
02:33solutions.
02:35humanitarian response must not remain as
02:37an end in itself.
02:39When federal action
02:40support must serve as a bridge.
02:42Supporting stabilization
02:44supporting stabilization
02:45restoring dignity and enabling household
02:48and communities.
02:50to move permanently out of vulnerable
02:53vulnerability and poverty.
02:55authorities say priorities now include boosting
02:58food production
03:00strengthening social protection systems,
03:03supporting local farmers
03:05and expanding nutrition programs, especially
03:08for children and pregnant women.
03:10But for families like Zara's, survival still
03:13depends on continuing
03:15continued and immediate support.
03:20to move forward.
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