Tag: Child Mortality
Nigerian Govt launches VASA report to stop child mortality
The Federal Ministry of Health on Friday launched the report of the 2019 Verbal and Social Autopsy (VASA) study in…
Breastfeeding can prevent 13% of child mortality in Nigeria – Group
Technical Advisor, Policy and Advocacy, Alive & Thrive, Mrs Toyin Adewale-Gabriel, says if 90 per cent of mothers can practice…
Agency decries high child, maternal mortality rate
Dr Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), has decried the high rate in maternal and…
Child mortality declines in Rwanda – Minister
Rwanda has significantly reduced its child mortality rates, Health Minister, Diane Gashumba, said. Gashumba said at a news conference that…
Federal, State Govts urged to engage healthcare workers on Child mortality
Dr Mathew Ashikeni, the Acting Executive Secretary, FCT Primary Health Care Development Board, has urged Federal and State Governments to…
Child mortality: Kenya to adopt WHO pneumonia guidelines
Kenya says it plans to adopt the World Health Organisation (WHO) pneumonia guidelines to reduce child mortality. The Director of…
UN agencies call for prevention of newborns death daily
More must be done to stop babies from dying the day they are born, UN agencies said in a new…
Health minister, UNICEF, others urge actions to curb child mortality
Health Minister, Prof. Isaac Adewole, on Monday, remarked that the country’s mortality in children Under-Five “is still very unacceptable’’. In…
Kwara records 300 maternal child mortality – Emir
Dr Haliru Ndanusa, the Emir of Shonga in Edu Local Government Area of Kwara, on Tuesday said that more than…
Nigeria’s MDG Score Card
By John Tosin Ajiboye The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight international development goals that were established after the Millennium…
‘We’re Determined To Stem Maternal, Child Mortality’
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, says the state government is determined to stem maternal and child mortality…
Lagos Maternal Deaths Hit 1.1m
The maternal mortality rate in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, has hit 1.1 million annually, says the Lagos State Government as…
Clinton’s daughter in Nigeria to help combat diarrhea
Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of the former U.S. president and the current U.S. Secretary of State, is on a visit…
Women Aspirants To Prioritise Maternal Health – MDGs
Henceforth, women participating in elective positions must have basic knowledge of the health needs of Nigerian women. This move is…