The Seyi Tinubu Drug Bank Initiative was on Monday inaugurated at the National Hospital, Abuja, to help reduce maternal and…
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The Sokoto State Ministry of Health, in collaboration with Sightsavers and other development partners, on Saturday, July 19, 2025, flagged…
The Cross River State Government is strengthening its collaboration with the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) programme to tackle maternal and child mortality in the state.
Stakeholders in the health sector have called for the integration of mass administration of Azithromycin into the country’s health systems in a safe, acceptable, and scalable manner, to reduce child mortality.
SightSavers, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has reiterated its commitment to improving healthcare and reducing child mortality in Akwa Ibom State.
Stakeholders in the health sector have called on the Taraba Government to prioritise the timely release of health budgetary allocation to key budget lines that seek to promote child health.
The National Population Commission (NPC) has begun the 2024 Nigeria Verbal and Social Autopsy (VASA) study, aimed at reducing maternity and child mortality rates in Lagos and Nigeria at large.
Sudan’s maternal mortality rate (MMR) has risen to 295 per 100,000 births, and the child mortality rate to 51 per 1,000 live births amid ongoing armed conflict.
The 2023-2024 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) has revealed alarming statistics on early childhood mortality rates across the country, signaling a pressing public health crisis.
The report found that 559 million children currently face frequent heat waves, a number expected to surpass 2 billion globally by 2050. Between 2000–2019 approximately 489,000 heat-related deaths occurred every year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns that nearly 25% of children today endure frequent heat waves.