By Alaba Olusola Oke Stakeholders in the health sector have lauded reductions in child mortality, attributing the progress to healthcare services delivered under the Immunisation Plus Malaria Progress by Accelerating Coverage and Transforming Services project (IMPACT). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the IMPACT Project is sponsored byContinue Reading
By Martha Agas A report by the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) reveals that the global mortality rate has declined by 67 per cent since 1950, in spite of population growth and aging. The study, which covered 204 countries and territories as well as 660 subnational locations between 1990 andContinue Reading
By Rita Iliya The National Population Commission (NPC) has inaugurated the 2024 Nigeria Verbal and Social Autopsy (VASA) study aimed at tackling maternal and child mortality in Niger State. Muhammad Dattijo-Usman, Federal Commissioner, NPC in the state announced this during a press conference in Minna on Friday. Continue Reading
