Its Programme Manager, Emmanuel Tagwai, made the disclosure in Makarfi, Kaduna State during a sensitization programme to mark
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Addressing a UNICEF delegation, led by its Country Representative, Mohammed Malick Fall, during a courtesy visit to him in Abuja, Saraki, according to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sanni Onogu
Dr. Isokpunwu, who spoke on: “Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria: What Will It Cost?,” described child malnutrition as a major challenge in the country
The doses were sent by the International Coordinating Group on Vaccine Provision, an organisation that coordinates the provision of vaccine during outbreak emergencies
UNICEF Director of Emergency Programmes, Manuel Fontaine, also said that 3.8 million people in the northeast are currently threatened by lack of water
The District Head disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday
The United Nation Children’s Fund estimates that every single day, Nigeria loses about 2,300 under-fives and 145 women of child-bearing age, making Nigeria the second largest contributor to the under-five deaths and maternal mortality rate in the world
Describing infancy as one of the most vulnerable stages of live, the commissioner said the Senator Ibikunle Amosun-led administration had invested hugely in the health sector towards ensuring the health of the infants
The statement issued by Boade Akinola, the Director Media and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Health, on Friday in Abuja said the new country representative “is a Public Health expert”
Nadar said the UN agency has been working in sanitation intervention and scale up in Nigeria through improving quality of CLTS interventions through a LGA-wide approach
The three-day meeting is organised by the UNICEF’s Bauchi Filed Office with support of European Union, United Nations and other international organisations
Nadar said Nigeria needed an investment of N850 billion for households to construct 25 million toilets by 2025.
According to him, reaching the Sustainable Development Goals target on Sanitation requires Nigeria to multiply its current efforts by 15
He said that the partnership, which also involved the Kebbi Government, was principally to enhance the health of women and children in the state
The Commissioner, who was represented by the Deputy Director Child in the Ministry, Joseph Gwaisam, stated this during the closing ceremony of a four days workshop organized by the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development in Plateau State in conjunction with UNICEF ‘D’ Field, Bauchi
However, the army routinely detains civilians who have been living in areas that had been ruled by the insurgents on suspicion that they too might be linked to militant activities
She said that facilities would also be provided to over 700 communities in the state, under the Sanitation, Hygiene and Water in Nigeria project.
Yedla said: “We currently working in 155 schools and health facilities in Katsina, next year, we will work in more than 500 schools and health facilities, and 700 communities in Katsina State.”
Kaikai said that the elements are organisation, legislation, minimum service package, repositioning, system development, operational guidelines, human resources, funding/structure and office set up
Ladi Alabi, a Child Protection Specialist with UNICEF, Bauchi Field Office, made the disclosure during her advocacy visit to the Jos Zonal Office of the News Agency of Nigeria
The UN official said that by early 2016, an estimated 952,029 school-age children had fled the violence in the zone, quoting a portion of the report
Kale said that NBS would send enumerators to the field for 92 days, starting from Sept. 19 to administer questionnaires on the selected households for the survey.