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Child Mortality

Ministry of Health Set to Curb Child Mortality, Launches VASA Report

Cecilia Ologunagba/ Ikenna Osuoha Nov 6, 2020 0

The Federal Ministry of Health on Friday launched the report of the 2019 Verbal and Social Autopsy (VASA) study in its bid to put an end to child mortality in the country. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, at the launch and the…

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World Pneumonia Day: Expert Advocates Proper Diagnosis, Treatment to Reduce Child Mortality

Justina Auta Nov 12, 2019 0

Dr Yashim Andrew, a public health scientist and haematologist at the National Hospital, Abuja has called for proper diagnosis and adequate treatment of pneumonia, to reduce child mortality in the country. Yashim made the call…

Health & Relationships

Poverty, major cause of maternal, child mortality in Nigeria- Gynaecologist

News Agency of Nigeria Jul 16, 2017 2

Dr Charles Agugua, a gynaecologist with a private hospital in Abuja has identified poverty as a major cause of maternal and child mortality in Nigeria. Agugua said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Sunday.…

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US, Nigeria, Corporation Launch N4bn Women’s Health Initiative

John Ogunsemore Mar 4, 2016 0

The Federal Government, U.S. and General Electric (GE) have jointly launched a new mother-and-child health initiative to expand access to pre-natal screening to over two million expectant mothers in Nigeria by 2020. The GE is an American…

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55% of Child Mortality in Nigeria is Associated with Malnutrition – UNICEF

Jumoke Sep 8, 2015 0

United Nations Children's Fund Chief Nutritionist, Arjan De Wagt has said that 55 per cent of child mortality in Nigeria is associated with malnutrition. Wagt said this while speaking at the 2-day Media Dialogue on Child Malnutrition,…