Rhoda Bulus, a 30-years old mother of four living with her family at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Gwada town, Shiroro local government area of Niger state, sits by the doorsteps to a room she shares with 10 other women and children. She moved to the camp three years ago after bandits laid siege on her home.
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According to GPE Nigeria (2011-2020 report), among the major challenges to quality education in Sokoto state are “…fewer schools to accommodate all eligible children, inadequate teachers in quality and quantity, especially in the areas of science and technology, and dilapidated infrastructures.”
Malaria continues to be a significant public health challenge in Nigeria, with millions of cases reported annually. It is an acute fever illness caused by Plasmodium parasites, which are spread to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. Though it can be a cause of death, it is preventable and curable.
In April 2023, 26-year-old Serah Adiza woke up one morning with signs of the onset of labour, and despite losing her first child after prolonged labour over a year earlier, she was not deterred as she made up her mind to deliver her baby by herself.
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.
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.