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Nigeria · Health 3 publications

Nigeria’s under-five mortality rate drops 17%, neonatal deaths rise – Official

According to the Nigerian Tribune, the Federal Government reported a 17 per cent decline in Nigeria's under-five mortality rate between 2018 and 2024, while neonatal mortality rose. The Sun Nigeria reported that Health Minister Prof Muhammad Ali Pate disclosed the increase in neonatal deaths despite the fall in under-five deaths and called for stronger preventive healthcare. Premium Times, citing a survey, said under-five mortality fell from 132 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2018 to 110 in 2024. The Tribune headline puts the newborn death rise at 5 per cent, but the excerpt provided is cut off before giving that figure, so the size of the neonatal increase cannot be confirmed from the supplied text. The story is marked as developing. Summary from 3 sources

Sources differ: The Nigerian Tribune headline gives a 5% rise in newborn deaths, but the excerpts from The Sun and Premium Times do not state a neonatal figure.

Summary from 3 sources Premium Times first also Nigerian Tribune, The Sun Nigeria

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Health · Global Health 3 publications

Ebola: NCDC places 53 contacts under watch, approves N100,000 weekly support

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said it is monitoring 53 primary contacts linked to Nigeria’s confirmed Ebola case, as it expands investigations to identify people who may have been exposed to the patient at multiple locations. Briefing newsmen on Sunday in Abuja, Direct Excerpt, Daily Trust

Source Daily Trust also Vanguard, Punch

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Nigeria · Health 3 publications

NAFDAC destroys N8bn fake, banned products in North-Central

By Edwin Philip, Lafia The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has seized and destroyed fake, adulterated, expired and banned products worth more than ₦8 billion across North-Central Nigeria. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this on Excerpt, Vanguard

Source Vanguard also Punch, Daily Trust

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Nigeria · Government

Newborn deaths rise as under-5 mortality falls -FG

Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, has raised concern over an increase in deaths among newborns despite a decline in under-five mortality, calling for stronger prevention, early detection and access to treatment. Excerpt, The Sun Nigeria

Source The Sun Nigeria

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Nigeria · Crime

Nigeria joins 33 African nations in landmark medicines treaty to fight fake drugs

Nigeria has formally joined the continental framework for strengthening medicines regulation, a move with significant implications for combating counterfeit pharmaceuticals, expanding local manufacturing, and improving access to quality healthcare products. The Federal Government deposited its instr Excerpt, Nigerian Tribune

Source Nigerian Tribune

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Nigeria · Health

Stroke kills up to four in 10 Nigerian patients within 30 days, experts warn

The Nigerian Stroke Organisation (NSO) and the Nigerian Society of Neurological Sciences (NSNS) have warned that up to four in every 10 stroke patients in Nigeria die within 30 days of the occurrence, calling for improved prevention, early diagnosis and prompt access to emergency treatment. The orga Excerpt, Nigerian Tribune

Source Nigerian Tribune

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Health · Global Health

UPDATED: Ebola: Nigeria records two suspected cases, one confirmed —NCDC

•Says patient’s condition improving, husband tests negative•Plans to pay N100,000 allowance to 53 contacts in isolation The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported two suspected cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), with one confirmed case, as the Federal Government inten Excerpt, Nigerian Tribune

Source Nigerian Tribune

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