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Nkeiru Onuekwusi

Title Head, Family Health Division, Department of Child Development
Organization Federal Ministry of Women’s Affairs, Nigeria

Dr. Nkeiru Onuekwusi is head of the Family Health Division in the Department of Child Development, at the Federal Ministry of Women’s Affairs in Abuja, Nigeria.

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Saving Newborn Lives in Nigeria

New data has shown that the rate of death in children under five years old in Nigeria is decreasing, yet the percentage of deaths that happen in the first month of life is increasing. Newborn deaths now account for 28 percent of deaths in under-five children compared to 24 percent two years ago.

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