The campaign targets 832,427 children for polio vaccination.
The Katsina government and Care Nigeria have inaugurated a project aimed at enhancing essential reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health and nutrition services.
She stressed that current mortality rates still demand intensified action from all stakeholders.
The UNICEF official explained that asphyxiated newborns often require oxygen to survive, as their lungs might be underdeveloped.
Mr Ogboye encouraged mothers to embrace exclusive breastfeeding in order to provide a balanced diet for growing children.
WHO says one pregnant woman or newborn dies every seven seconds as global progress in reducing deaths of pregnant women, mothers, and babies has flatlined for eight years.
Health minister Osagie Ehanire said this emergency medical service could reduce mortality by 50 per cent in the country.
