Concerned about the recent report by United Nations Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on Child Mortality and Malnutrition in Nigeria, Fidson Healthcare Plc is clamoring for better child health and nutrition, as part of its support for the global campaign against child mortality.
UNICEF's recent report stated that every minute one child under the age of 1 dies in Nigeria while 5 women die every hour in childbirth. Many of these deaths are from preventable causes, such as pneumonia, malaria and diarrhoea in the case of children, and excessive bleeding and infection in the case of maternal deaths.
It also revealed that more than half of the children in five northern states in Nigeria suffer severe effects of malnutrition. It also stated that as a result of malnutrition, 58 percent of children under five in these states suffer from stunting, meaning their physical and mental development have been impaired. An estimated 370,000 children with severe acute malnutrition in these states will require life-saving treatment this year. Without such treatment, some 70,000 of those children are likely to die, it reported. Expressing concern about the worrisome statistics, General Manager, Sales & Marketing, Fidson Health-care Plc, Mr Ola Ijimakin advocated for the involve-ment of all stakeholders in addressing the issues of Child health, mortality, and malnutrition in Nigeria. "There is the need to save the future of this country by paying serious attention to the health and wellbeing of our children as a matter of urgency.
By: Ogechukwu Agwu
Daily Sun News
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