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Reasons Why Children of the Poor Die of Pneumonia in Nigeria

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>By Bala Ibrahim<&sol;p><div class&equals;"4jWVixR5" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Save the Children International &lpar;SCI&rpar; said lack of effective oxygen treatment system in Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s clinics and hospitals is the main cause of under five children mortality in Nigeria&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"l0pmhNV7" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Country Director Save the Children International Nigeria&comma; Mercy Gichuhi disclosed this at the official lunching and handover ceremony of medical oxygen system to Rasheed Shekoni specialist hospital&comma; Dutse&comma; Jigawa state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She said most hospitals and clinics in Nigeria lack effective oxygen treatment that serve poor families&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A recent study &lpar;Graham et al&period; 2020&rpar; of 12 Nigerian hospitals found that only five had oxygen available in pediatric wards&comma; and just one used pulse oximetry for pediatric care&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"aseZLPgP" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; 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thus protecting vulnerable children&comma;” she stated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The minister of health represented by Dr&period; Abdulaziz Abbas said oxygen system is the most essential therapy in the management of Acute Respiratory Infection &lpar;ARI&rpar; which is among the leading causes of pneumonia&comma; Covid-19 and other chest infections&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said therapeutic oxygen system are now more demanding due to Covid-19 pandemic&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said the Federal Government has procured more therapeutic oxygen system in all the Federal tertiary Hospitals in the country to manage Covid-19 cases and reduce childhood morbidity and mortality in Nigeria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The ultimate aim is to accelerate achievement of the Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Pneumonia and Diarrhea and Sustainable Development Goal targets of less than 3 child pneumonia deaths per 1&comma;000 births and less than 25 child deaths per 1&comma;000 births by 2030&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation show that children under 5 in Nigeria made up the highest number of those who died&comma; 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