By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As the world commentate World Toilet Day, UNICEF Officer in-Charge , UNICEF Chief of Maiduguri Office, Dr. Clement Adams said “across the country, about 48 million Nigerians lack access to toilets and the protection they confer against diseases and possible deaths.” Dr. Clement added...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – More than 45,000 children have been released from detention and safely returned to family or an appropriate alternative since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, UNICEF revealed in its latest reports. The reports released on Sunday are “Detention of children in the time of...
The Assembly of Health Ministers of the ECOWAS region on Friday announced that Nigeria and other African countries would get access to the newly developed malaria vaccine by the first quarter of 2022. The Health Minister of Ghana, who is also the chairman of the assembly, Dr Kweku Agyeman-Manu,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As the world commemorates World Pneumonia Day today, UNICEF has revealed that Nigeria has the highest number of overall air pollution-related pneumonia deaths of children under-five in the world, and the highest number of household air pollution-related pneumonia deaths among children under-five. A statement...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The number of children with disabilities globally is estimated at nearly 240 million, according to a UNICEF report released on Tuesday. The new estimate for the number of children with disabilities is higher than previous estimates, and is based on a more meaningful and...