WHO recommends that skin-to-skin contact, also known as “kangaroo mother care,” should begin immediately after these little ones take their first breath.
The virus circulating in Uganda is the Sudan strain of Ebola, for which there is no proven vaccine.
NPHCDA has urged parents and caregivers to get their children vaccinated against measles.
In Nigeria, under-five mortalities declined by 20 per cent since 2013, yet one in 10 children do not reach their fifth birthday.
Symptoms suffered by the children included an inability to pass urine and a fever that can within hours end in kidney failure.
Poor implementation of policies, a persistent insurgency, has exacerbated Nigeria’s out-of-school crisis.
The number of children facing severe drought across the Horn of Africa has increased by more than 40 per cent within two months.
Around 78 million young people aged between three and 18 completely lack formal education, the UN says.
Established in 16 states, the courts will ensure child-friendly justice for children, either as victims or as offenders of violence.
The Ministry of Public Health of the Afghan caretaker government has launched a nationwide polio vaccination campaign.
