UNICEF Head of Kano Field Office, Maulud Warfa, said this while speaking at a ceremony marking the 2020 International Day of Education in Kano.
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The United Nations Children’s Fund says no fewer than 250,000 children in Nigeria die on their first day of life, describing the current indices for child health in the country as “alarming”.
Hawkins said that this figure is the third highest number of babies in the world, after India with 67,385; and China, 46,299.
Some communities in Misau Local Government Area of Bauchi State say they use donkeys and ox-drawn trucks to transport pregnant women and sick people to hospitals due to lack of motorable roads.
The United Nations Children’s Education Fund on Tuesday said no fewer than 1.4 million residents of Ekiti State still engage in open defecation.
The Commandant of the Corps, Ibrahim Abdullahi, made the disclosure while parading the suspects on Thursday in Maiduguri.
The UNICEF Chief of Field Office Kano, Maulid Warfa made the disclosure on Wednesday in Katsina, during the 2019 end of year review meeting and 2020 states engagement planning workshop for Kano and Katsina States.
UNICEF says pneumonia is the world’s leading infectious killer of children, claiming the lives of more than 2,000 under the age of five every day.
As the World marks the Pneumonia Day on Tuesday, a new analysis by the UNICEF says Nigeria contributes the highest number of global pneumonia deaths.
Nanama revealed this at a one-day stakeholders meeting organised by UNICEF for the Dissemination of Baseline Survey findings for Dietary Diversity Project, on Tuesday in Kano.
Jurji said this at the Forum on Sanitation organised by Private Sector in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Abuja on Monday.
Jurji said this at the Private Sector Forum on Sanitation organised by Private Sector in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Abuja on Monday.
Bhanu Pathak, UNICEF Chief of Field Office in Bauchi, disclosed this when he led other officials of the fund on a courtesy visit to Governor Simon Lalong on Thursday in Jos.
UNICEF Nigeria said this in a statement and added that malnutrition remains a major public health and development concern.
Warfa disclosed this on Friday in Kano during an event tagged ‘Youth Talk’ to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the conversation on the rights of the child.
Dr Zakari Adam, Chief of UNICEF Field Office, Kaduna, gave the warning in Ilorin at the inauguration of the Technical Evaluation Committee Agenda for Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria.
UNICEF said this was after they had been cleared of suspected ties with some illegal armed groups.
Mohammed stated this on Thursday in Maiduguri, Borno State at a workshop organized by UNICEF and DFID in conjunction with The Child Rights Information Bureau.
The posture corrector, according to Kanu, is manufactured to keep the body in good shape and also maintain healthy lifestyle
They also drew the attention of the government on the need to create the right vision that would unite us together as a Nation.