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Lifesaving solution dramatically reduces severe bleeding after childbirth
https://www.who.int/news/item/09-05-2023-lifesaving-solution-dramatically-reduces-severe-bleeding-after-childbirth

In north-west Nigeria, free health insurance scheme boosts access to health services for a community (09 November 2021UNICEF)
https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/stories/north-west-nigeria-free-health-insurance-scheme-boosts-access-health-services-community

Impact of COVID-19 on poor mental health in children and young people ‘tip of the iceberg’ – UNICEF; (1 in 6 young Nigerians aged 15-24 often feel depressed or have little interest in doing things 05 October 2021)
https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/press-releases/impact-covid-19-poor-mental-health-children-and-young-people-tip-iceberg-unicef

WHO publishes updated guidance on validation of elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B virus (26 November 2021)
https://www.who.int/news/item/26-11-2021-who-publishes-updated-guidance-on-validation-of-elimination-of-mother-to-child-transmission-of-hiv-syphilis-and-hepatitis-b-virus

UNICEF welcomes signing of Child Protection Bill into law in Sokoto State (23 November 2021 UNICEF)
https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/press-releases/unicef-welcomes-signing-child-protection-bill-law-sokoto-state

Review of Programming for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Nigeria
https://www.spring-nutrition.org/publications/reports/review-programming-orphans-and-vulnerable-children-nigeria

2020 Vision: A Call To Great Exploits In Nigeria’s Health Sector
https://nigeriahealthwatch.com/2020-vision-a-call-to-great-exploits-in-nigerias-health-sector/#.XjqKHmhKjIU

Nigeria contributes highest number to global pneumonia child deaths
https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/press-releases/nigeria-contributes-highest-number-global-pneumonia-child-deaths

USAID Helps Nigeria Reduce Burden of Fistula in Mothers
https://www.usaid.gov/nigeria/news/usaid-helps-nigeria-reduce-burden-fistula-mothers

Maternal And Child Health Care: Is Lagos Winning The Battle
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/01/maternal-and-child-health-care-is-lagos-winning-the-battle/

USAID assisted 250,000 most vulnerable Nigerians in five years
https://thenationonlineng.net/usaid-assisted-250000-most-vulnerable-nigerians-in-five-years/

What causes harsher parenting by alcoholic women?
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20191121/What-causes-harsher-parenting-by-alcoholic-women.aspx

ETVAX vaccine candidate shows promise against enterotoxigenic E. coli diarrhea
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20191120/ETVAX-vaccine-candidate-shows-promise-against-enterotoxigenic-E-coli-diarrhea.aspx

Cochrane review provides information on HPV vaccines and dose schedules in young women, men
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20191122/Cochrane-review-provides- information-on-HPV-vaccines-and-dose-schedules-in-young-women-men.aspx

Poor diets damaging children’s health worldwide, including in Nigeria, warns UNICEF
https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/press-releases/poor-diets-damaging-childrens-health-worldwide-including-nigeria-warns-unicef

Doctors’ beliefs about treatment affect patients’ experience of pain
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326761.php#1

Heart and brain health are connected, but what influences both?
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326763.php#1

See how UNICEF is supporting the Government of Nigeria to respond to emergencies especially in northeast Nigeria
https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/emergencies

See how UNICEF is supporting the government of Nigeria to provide social protection in Nigeria
https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/social-policy

An estimated 2 million children in Nigeria suffer from severe acute malnutrition (SAM)
https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/nutrition

Scientists move closer towards developing an effective malaria vaccine
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191115091626.htm

Nigeria Can Go From 23.7% To 50% Breastfeeding Rate In A Few Years
https://guardian.ng/guardian-woman/nigeria-can-go-from-23-7-to-50-breastfeeding-rate-in-a-few-years/

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/water-sanitation-and-hygiene

Financial support for improving health of children from low income families in rich countries
https://www.cochrane.org/CD006358/BEHAV_financial-support-for-improving-health-of-children-from-low-income-families-in-rich-countries

More than 3,500 children have been recruited and used by non-state armed groups in north-east Nigeria since 2013
https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/press-releases/more-3500-children-have-been-recruited-and-used-non-state-armed-groups-north-east

UNICEF’s mobile platform for young Nigerians reaches three million responders
https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/press-releases/unicefs-mobile-platform-young-nigerians-reaches-three-million-responders

Task-oriented intervention for children with developmental co-ordination disorder
https://www.cochrane.org/CD010914/BEHAV_task-oriented-intervention-children-developmental-co-ordination-disorder

Psychological therapies for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents
https://www.cochrane.org/CD006726/DEPRESSN_psychological-therapies-for-the-treatment-of-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-in-children-and-adolescents

Child Protection
https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/child-protection

Nearly 900 children released from armed group in north-east Nigeria
https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/press-releases/nearly-900-children-released-armed-group-north-east-nigeria

UNICEF launches campaign ‘For every child, every right’ on Nigerian Children’s Day
https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/press-releases/unicef-launches-campaign-every-child-every-right-nigerian-childrens-day

Seven Foods You Should Never Have On An Empty Stomach
http://www.buzznoble.com/seven-foods-never-empty-stomach/?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=eslmedia-theindependent&utm_campaign=food_2309_desktop_world

Solar lamps enable maternal care delivery, despite unreliability of gril

https://guardian.ng/features/health/solar-lamps-enable-maternal-care-delivery-despite-unreliability-of-grid/

How air pollution may lead to hair loss

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326613.php
More women and children survive today than ever before – UN report

https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/19-09-2019-more-women-and-children-survive-today-than-ever-before-un-report
Eating more nuts may help prevent weight gain

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326422.php

Walking patterns may help differentiate types of dementia
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326435.php

 
Six (6) basic first aid skills every child should know
https://www.virginmediatelevision.ie/xpose/article/lifestyle/293748/6-basic-first-aid-skills-every-child-should-know

How Juul Hooked Kids and Ignited a Public Health Crisis
https://time.com/5680988/juul-vaping-health-crisis/

How to start a digital healthcare revolution in Africa in 6 steps
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/08/6-ways-digital-technology-can-transform-healthcare-in-africa/

Defeat malaria in a generation – here’s how
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-49592468

3,758 school backpacks laid at the United Nations show the grave scale of child deaths in conflict in 2018
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/3758-school-backpacks-laid-united-nations-show-grave-scale-child-deaths-conflict

NMA to address gap in health sector
https://punchng.com/nma-to-address-gap-in-health-sector/

Why family-friendly policies are critical to increasing breastfeeding rates worldwide
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/why-family-friendly-policies-are-critical-increasing-breastfeeding-rates-worldwide

Breastfeeding still best for infants and mothers
https://www.unicef.org/newsline/02pr51wbw.htm

Rising to the challenge of malaria eradication
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/23-08-2019-rising-to-the-challenge-of-malaria-eradication

Is 5G technology bad for our health?
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326141.php

Not Only for the Rich: How NGOs in Nigeria are Championing Quality Education for Poor Children
https://intpolicydigest.org/2019/02/14/not-only-for-the-rich-how-ngos-in-nigeria-are-championing-quality-education-for-poor-children/

The Fashion Designer, Alphadi, lends his talents to promote child rights in Niger
https://www.unicef.org/niger/press-releases/fashion-designer-alphadi-lends-his-talents-promote-child-rights-niger

Odisha improves child and mental health faster; UP, Bihar lag behind
https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/odisha-improves-child-and- mental-health-faster-up-bihar-lag-behind-119082000173_1.html

Why women veterans are more likely than civilian women to commit suicide
https://www.militarytimes.com/education-transition/2019/08/14/why-women-veterans-are- 250-more-likely-than-civilian-women-to-commit-suicide/

Ebola outbreak spreads to 3rd province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
https://abc11.com/ebola-outbreak-spreads-to-3rd-province-in-eastern-democratic-republic-of-congo/5478184/

What you need to know about female genital mutilation
https://www.unicef.org/stories/what-you-need-know-about-female-genital-mutilation

Neonatal vitamin A supplementation Guideline (WHO)
Micronutrients/guidelines/vas_neonatal

Updates on the management of severe acute malnutrition in infants and children Guideline
Management_SAM_infantandchildren

New born Risk Factors for Subsequent Physical Abuse Hospitalizations
https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/143/2/e20182108

Survival and Health Care Use After Feeding Tube Placement in Children with Neurologic Impairment
https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/143/2/e20182863

Bifidobacterium Abundance in Early Infancy and Vaccine Response at 2 Years of Age
https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/143/2/e20181489

Trends in Paediatric Hospitalizations and Readmissions: 2010–2016
https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/143/2/e20181958

Phototherapy for Neonatal Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia: Examining Outcomes by Level of Care
https://hosppeds.aappublications.org/content/9/2/115

Successful Use of Quality Improvement Methodology to Reduce Inpatient Length of Stay in Bronchiolitis Through Judicious Use of Intermittent Pulse Oximetry
https://hosppeds.aappublications.org/content/9/2/73