The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, revealed that an estimated 850,000 Nigerian children under the age of five die every year from preventable causes such as premature birth complications and pneumonia. Speaking in Abuja at the joint national commemoration of the ‘2025 World Pneumonia Day’ and ‘World Prematurity Day’ on Wednesday, Pate, represented by the Director of Health Promotion, John Urakpa, said the grim figures underscore Nigeria’s struggle to meet global child survival targets despite some progress in recent years. Pate acknowledged that Nigeria had made…
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