The Federal Government has raised the alarm over maternal and infant mortality in Sokoto State, saying 44 out of 100 newborn babies in the State die. The Special Adviser in-charge of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Health, Salma Ibrahim, made the recommendation on Thursday, during a courtesy call on Governor Ahmed Aliyu. She disclosed that Sokoto State still has the highest burden of maternal and infant death in the country; and therefore, sought home-grown solutions to maternal and infant fatality in and across the State. “Most of the new-born deaths…
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