Views: Visits 7 Africa Check reached out to both Sanwo-Olu’s media team and Cecilia Mabogunje, the director of a children’s hospital in Lagos who delivered the speech, for more details about the source of the claims. We will update this report with their response.The World Health Organization (WHO) defines a burden as the impact of a health problem on a population. This can include death or the loss of health and is a useful measure to compare countries, the organisation says.
Stunting occurs when poor nutrition impairs the growth and development of children. A child is considered stunted if their height is lower than would be statistically expected for their age.
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Views: Visits 6 The often scarce Justice for rape victims in Nigeria may soon be a thing of the past as the United Nation’s spotlight initiative for sexual and Gender-based violence, (SGBV), has designed a special legal framework to address legal hurdles in prosecuting rape suspects. A representative of the United Nations Development Partner (UNDP) Mr Simon Ridley disclosed this recently at the Headquarters of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Abuja. Ridley said the framework was needed for the promotion of system level in terms of laws that were vital in addressing SGBV. He, therefore, urged countries to review the application of their extant laws to law enforcement agencies to address issues of violence against women.
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No, 60% of women in Nigeria don’t give birth at traditional attendants’ facilities
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Traditional medicine could improve healthcare in Nigeria, experts told a February 2021 meeting of alternative medicine practitioners.
One of them, Dr
Moyo Kasim, head of the Lagos State College of Health Technology, said alternative medicine was part of Nigeria’s culture.