The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has declared that 2.2 million Nigerian children of the 48 million global children, did not receive a single regular dose immunization in their lives.
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The World Health Organization (WHO), on December 23, 2023, raised the alarm on the global increase in Dengue infections, where it said more than five million infections and 5,000 deaths from the disease worldwide were recorded in 2023. The UN agency described it as a potentially high public health threat.
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday appealed for nearly 2 billion dollars to provide lifesaving assistance to more than 24 million boys and girls across West and Central Africa in 2024.
The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), in collaboration with the Mastercard Foundation and the UNICEF has handed over cold chain equipment to Botswana’s Ministry of Health to strengthen its health system.
ASHENEWS reports that Sokoto state government has expressed its commitment to eradicate polio.
The Cross River State Nutrition Officer (SNO), Dr Winifred Ogar, says high-level multi-dimensional poverty is aggravating malnutrition in the state.
ASHENEWS reports that the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says that about 98,000 adolescent girls aged 10 and 19 years of age were infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) globally in 2022.
A medical expert, Dr. Ogenetega Idaboh, has said that pneumonia, malaria and diarrhea are the leading causes of death among children under five years old.
The Kaduna State Government said it has commenced developing its early warning systems to strengthen disaster risk preparedness for improved disaster management in the state.
In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a report on the burden of diseases attributable to unsafe Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) services in its 183 WHO member states of which Nigeria is included.