Tag:child mortality

Water & Sanitation

WaterAid to implement scheme to curb maternal, child mortality in Lagos communities

WaterAid Nigeria with funding support from Kimberly Clark Corporation is implementing the Integrated Hygiene and Health Programme (I-HHP) project to reduce maternal and child...

Michael Simire - July 25, 2024

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Pollution kills 1.7m children yearly, says WHO

More than one in four deaths of children under five years of age are attributable to unhealthy environments. Every year, environmental risks – such...

admin - March 6, 2017

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High child, maternal mortality rate rocks Lagos island community

Residents of Igbologun Community, popularly known as Snake Island, in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State, have cried out to government to...

admin - June 12, 2016

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Concern as 1,000 Nigerian children die daily from malnutrition

The Government of Nigeria and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have announced they have reached more than a million Nigerian children with a...

Michael Simire - August 18, 2015