“In a summary notes of Children’s Funds Research Findings; warned that healthcare delivery disruptions could lead to increased maternal and child mortality.”
A nurse prepares a measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine. PHOTO: Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images
UNICEF’s Communication Officer, Samuel Kaalu in a statement Wednesday in Maiduguri, disclosed: According to the Report, in a worst-case scenario, the estimate is that an additional nearly 173,000 under-five deaths could occur within six months. He noted that the disruption in routine immunization in Nigeria threatens to reverse a decade of progress in ending preventable under-five child mortality.“Under a worst-case scenario, the global number of children dying before their fifth birthdays could increase for the first time in decades,” said UNICEF’s Executive Director; Henrietta Fore.
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