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<p>The Newborn Essential Solutions and Technologies (NEST360) international alliance launches Phase 2 of its mission to reduce newborn mortality in sub-Saharan Africa with $65 million in funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, The ELMA Foundation, and generous individual contributions.</p>
Worried by the increase in cases of preterm babies, paediatricians have noted that while the average pregnancy lasts for approximately 37 to 42 weeks, every baby born before
Punch Newspapers Sections Dayo Ojerinde A professor of paediatrics at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Chinyere Ezeaka, has said Nigeria loses more than 250,000 babies yearly to preventable and treatable causes. Ezeaka said this during the donation of neonatal equipment to LUTH by the Newborn Essential Solution and Technologies (NEST360°) to pilot referral health facilities in Nigeria. The expert who is also the Clinical Lead of the NEST 360° project said the Sustainable Development Goal of ending preventable newborn deaths by 2030 was achievable. “The cause of newborn deaths...
Nigeria loses 250,000 babies to preventable, treatable causes annually — Expert On By Chioma Obinna Despite the global efforts to end preventable newborn deaths by 2030, through the Sustainable Development Goal 3.2, Experts have raised the alarm that Nigeria loses over 250,000 babies yearly due to preventable and treatable causes even as the country ranks second highest globally in infant deaths. According to a Professor of Paediatrics at the College of Medicine University of Lagos, and Clinical Lead, Newborn Essential Solution and Technologies, NEST360, Prof Chinyere Ezeaka with current s...
By Chioma Obinna Despite the global efforts to end preventable newborn deaths by 2030, through the Sustainable Development Goal 3.2, Experts have raised the alarm that Nigeria loses over 250,000 babies yearly due to preventable and treatable causes even as the country ranks second highest globally in infant deaths. According to a Professor of Paediatrics at the College of Medicine University of Lagos, and Clinical Lead, Newborn Essential Solution and Technologies, NEST360, Prof Chinyere Ezeaka with current slow progress, it may take Nigerian 100 years to meet the goal. Ezeaka Identifi...