Millions Of Women, Children Die Of Preventable Diseases In Nigeria
Mrs. Oluwatoyin Saraki, the Wife of the Senate President and Founder, Wellbeing Foundation, has said that millions of women and children die of needless death through preventable causes. Mrs. Saraki said that statistics has shown that 3.5 million children die before their fifth birthday and one in 13 women die during childbirth and pregnancy most of which could be avoided by access to clean water and proper hand washing techniques. She spoke at the 2018 National Health Advancement Conference and Awards with the theme, “Environmental Health: Reawakening National Awareness on Environmental Health Hazards and Safety,” organised by the Help Keep Clean Foundation in Abuja penultimate weekend. “We recently launched sanitation and hygiene programme focusing on hand hygiene for school children and pregnant and nursing mothers educating them on proper hand washing. Meanwhile, Dr. Mike Omotosho, Founder, Mike Omotosho Foundation and Chairman of the occasion, said the biggest fa