It is a little after noon in Tudun Bayero, a town in the Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area of Kano State. 40-year-old Hadiza Haladu sat outside a small clinic, cradling her frail five-month-old son, Umar, as she waited for further medical attention.
Umar’s shirt hung loosely on his bony frame, his tiny hands clutching at his mother as his eyes glistened with tears before closing in exhaustion.

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