NPC Says Nigeria’s Birth Registration Stands at 57%, Death Registration Below 20%
The National Population Commission says birth registration coverage in Nigeria currently stands at 57 per cent, while death registration remains ...
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WHO, UNICEF call for equal access to breastfeeding support
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF, have called for the improvement of breastfeeding support to reduce health inequity and ...
Heatwave kills 400 children in Europe, Asia – UNICEF
Soaring summer temperatures in Europe and Central Asia are killing nearly 400 children a year, according to new analysis of ...
School administrators develop action plan to sustain UNICEF REACH project
Heads of some selected Primary and Secondary Schools in Katsina State have developed an action plan to ensure the sustainability ...
NEMA, UNICEF review Nigeria’s hazard risk analysis to mitigate disasters
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), with technical support from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), is reviewing Nigeria’s hazard ...
UN warns civilians face famine and disease in ‘uninhabitable’ Gaza
After three months of relentless Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, the UN says the situation for civilians in the ...
NPC registers 420,000 births in Gombe, laments reluctance to register deaths
The Nigeria Population Commission (NPC) registered 424,302 births in Gombe State between January and November. Of those registered 187,283 or ...
Enugu multi-sectoral plan on food, nutrition ready for implementation
The Wife of Enugu State Governor, Mrs Nkechinyere Mbah, says that the Enugu Multi-Sectoral Plan on Food and Nutrition is ...
Preventing infections, sexual disorders through menstrual hygiene
In 2013 a Germany-based NGO, “WASH UNITED” initiated World Menstrual Hygiene Day to promote menstrual hygiene management and also to ...
UNICEF seeks Radda’s assent on reviewed social protection policy document
The United Nations Children’s Funds (UNICEF), has urged Gov. Dikko Radda of Katsina State to assent to the reviewed social ...
UNICEF to promote water supply, sanitation in Zamfara
The UN Children’s Funds (UNICEF) has commenced stakeholders engagement on the development of Zamfara water supply and sanitation (WSS) sector ...
KDSG develops disaster preparedness, early warning systems
The Kaduna State Government said it has commenced developing its early warning systems to strengthen disaster risk preparedness for improved ...
Nigerian children face climate change impacts – UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that an estimated 100 million vulnerable children face climate change impacts in ...
Measles: Katsina Govt. vaccinates over 1.8m children
The Katsina state government says it has vaccinated no fewer than 1,876,781 children during its recent vaccination exercise across the ...
FG, UNICEF applaud child protection efforts in Nigeria
The Federal Government and the United Nations Children’s Fund, (UNICEF), said Nigeria has recorded progress in the area of child ...
UNICEF: Water scarcity affects 347m children in South Asia
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on Monday, reports that 347 million children in South Asia suffer from water shortage. The ...
UNICEF tasks journalists on immunization coverage in North-West
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has called on journalists to redouble efforts on public awareness to ensure maximum immunization ...
Water supply in Gaza ‘temporarily improved’- UN
Water supply in the South of Gaza has “temporarily improved,” the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ...
UNICEF mulls child-sensitive budgeting
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged the Nigerian government to strengthen policy reforms that prioritize child-sensitive budgeting. UNICEF ...
What we’re doing to end open defecation – Oyo govt
Oyo government says it is working hard to end open defecation in the state by 2028. Mr Dotun Oyelade, Commissioner ...
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