The Executive Director of the Centre for Newborn Health Research and Innovation, Olufunke Bolaji, has said that the leading causes of neonatal deaths are preventable or treatable through skilled care.
Bolaji, a consultant paediatrician and neonatologist, said, “Nigeria loses 280,000 newborns every year within the first 28 days of life. Nigeria is the second-highest contributor to neonatal deaths globally.”
The medical expert spoke in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday while shedding light on the focus of the newly inaugurated CeNHRI, a research and innovation centre established by the state government within the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, with support from the Gates Foundation and the Initiative for Social Impact and Development.
CeNHRI was inaugurated by Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji on June 5 with the mandate to generate evidence, build clinical capacity, drive innovation, and translate research into policy and practice for newborn health.
The governor said at the
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