Abdoul Bagi : Another Chance To Live Again

Abdoul Bagui is only 20 months old, but his story is literally that of the proverbial cat with 9 lives. Son to 33-year-old Assaitou Oumoul, Bagui currently suffers from Severe Acute Malnutrition, SAM. “Oumoul was sick at the time of giving birth to Bagi. One month after, her breast milk stopped flowing, obliging her to introduce simple local pap to the baby,” recalled Fadimatou Falmata, one of the 10 Community Health Volunteers serving with Martap Integrated Health Centre in Vina Division of Cameroon’s Adamawa administrative region. 
Speaking to a group of five journalists from Yaounde on September 5, 2019 in Oumoul’s home in Martap’s Chefferie neighbourhood, Falmata said Bagui soon fell sick as he lacked the nutrients contained in breast milk. He was diagnosed with Severe Acute Malnutrition by Fadimatou in April 2019 during a routine home visit. And was promptly referred to Martap Integrated Health Centre for emergency care by the Head Nurse, Issa Iyagarou and his team.
“But not long after this, the health centre ran short of the life-saving, ready-to-use therapeutic food, Plumpy Nut, which Bagui was already receiving. The development greatly hampered his recovery,” Falmata noted. Assaitou Oumoul was then advised to use a local alternative while waiting for the arrival of more Plumpy Nut sachets; which she did. The product has since been available in the health centre. 
Today, Abdoul Bagui is steadily coming out of Severe Acute Malnutrition - thanks to the co...