Nigeria to expect 25,685 new babies on New Year Day–UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says an estimated 25,685 babies will be born in Nigeria on New Year Day.
Improving child life: Women, caregivers need information – UNICEF
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday that women and care givers need information to change their behaviour toward safeguarding the lives of children.
Know your age, save lives, says UNICEF, NPoPC
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the National Population Commission (NPopC) have stressed the need for parents to ensure birth registration for their children, saying it is the only means of saving their lives. They said this in an interview with newsmen at the sideline of a two-day Media Dialogue recently held in Kano. […]
Jigawa, UNICEF sensitise Muslim clerics on exclusive breastfeeding
Jigawa state government through Ministry of Health and the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) have organised a sensitization forum to educate religious clerics on the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding by nursing mothers.
Most African children without birth certificates are Nigerians
For every 10 Nigerian children that are at least five years old, there are no records about the birth of seven. Even though these children have names, their birth is not registered by the relevant authorities and their identity is therefore questionable.
UNICEF laments low birth registration in Nigeria
The United Nations Children Education Fund, UNICEF, yesterday decried the unacceptable low level of birth registration in the country, saying, over 62 percent of births in Nigeria take place outside health facilitie
