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Premature Births in the Spotlight in Nigeria

According to latest figures from the World Health Organisation Nigeria is number three on the top ten countries with the highest number of preterm births with 773,600.

 

 

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Preterm infants are babies born before the 37th week of pregnancy. (file photo).

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    Namibian, 22 November 2017

    SOME people say the delivery or baby ward is a happy place compared to the rest of the hospital, because there you often find happy parents and even happier grandparents. Read more »

  • Namibia:   Prematurity a Leading Cause of Infant Deaths

    New Era, 20 November 2017

    Prematurity is the leading cause of death among children under the age of five. This was said during Namibia's first commemoration of World Prematurity Day at Oshakati Intermediate… Read more »

  • Uganda:   200,000 Children Born Premature Annually - Report

    Monitor, 20 November 2017

    A new report released by Save the Children, a non-governmental organisation, has revealed that 226,000 children born every year in Uganda are below the normal 37 weeks of… Read more »

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