According to the multiple indicator cluster survey report, which was released by the National Bureau of statistics in conjunction with UNICEF, the report indicated that many husbands are not aware that there is a probability that their wives can transmit the HIV virus to the baby either during pregnancy or during delivery.
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In Nigeria’s North East, UNICEF and partners planned $149 million for 215,300 children aged six to 59 months affected by severe acute malnutrition admitted for treatment
Adamu, represented by the Registrar, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, Prof. Ajiboye Josiah, said this on Friday in Bauchi at the flag-off of 2017/2018 National Enrolment Drive
UNICEF also said nearly 386,000 babies would be born worldwide on New Year’s Day, representing some 90 per cent in less developed regions.
Dr. Esther Obinya, a UNICEF health specialist and the National Coordinator of the Hard To Reach project, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, on Saturday that the initiative of reaching rural communities with vaccines was recording a lot of success
At the current rate of infection, there will be 3.5 million new cases of HIV among adolescents by 2030, according to projections in the 2017 UNICEF Statistical Update on Children and AIDS
The Statistician-General of the Federation, Dr. Yemi Kale, while unveiling the MICS5 reports in Abuja noted that such verifiable data is extremely important to the development outcome in Nigeria.
Samuel Sesay, the UNICEF Consultant in the state, made this known on Friday at a workshop for Measles Vaccination Campaign in Damaturu.
“The Generation 2030 Africa 2.0 report” also notes that Africa can reap a demographic dividend that will see per capita incomes increase by up to four-fold by 2050, if policies that promote job growth are made alongside investment in human capital.
It said the 11 million were needed to help the continent cope with a booming population, with the number of children set to increase by 170 million to 750 million in the next 13 years.
The UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Mohammed Fall, disclosed this at the National Early Childhood Development conference in Abuja, with the theme: “Investing early in Nigerian children.”
Sanjay Wijesekera, UNICEF’s Global Chief of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, who stated this at the beginning of the World Water Week, said 3.6 million people lacked water in the North East.
Ada Ezeogu, a UNICEF Nutrition Specialist, made this known at a media dialogue on Breastfeeding and Global Breastfeeding Collective.
Ada Ezeogu, UNICEF Nutrition Specialist, said this at the media dialogue of the Child Rights Information Bureau organised by the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture in collaboration with UNICEF on Thursday in Ibadan, Oyo State.
Alhaji Yusuf Mafara, the Executive Secretary of the State Primary Health Care Development Agency, expressed this concern at a one-day stakeholders’ sensitisation meeting on breastfeeding in Gusau on Tuesday.
Malala met with some selected students of the post-basic school set up by the UNICEF at the camp in Maiduguri on Tuesday.
The UN agencies warned that no fewer than 13 million infants missed out on immunisation, including the combined vaccine against the potentially deadly diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough.
The annual event is part of its continued support of UNICEF and the climax to the high-profile Access Bank/UNICEF Charity Shield Polo tournament, celebrating a decade of commitment to UNICEF projects and aimed at reaching out to and highlighting the plight of vulnerable children and orphans and internationally displaced persons.
Alhaji Aminu Dayyabu, the Executive Director, Katsina State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency, made this known in an interview
UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Mohamed Fall, said the initiative was aimed at creating equal opportunities