ISN Medical and Revvity have launched the one million New Born Screening (NBS) campaign, aimed at reducing Nigeria’s under five mortality in four years.
The campaign, themed ‘Every Nigerian child deserves a healthy start in life’ is geared towards screening one million newborns by 2030, for life-altering conditions before symptoms appear.
It will also help to connect families to care within the critical first weeks of life, and ensure every screened child grows up with intended full potential.
Muhammad Ali Pate, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, stated that the initiative is timely and firmly grounded in evidence, which fully aligned with the ministry’s health sector reform agenda.
“It will ensure that Nigeria’s newborn screening programme is aligned with global best practices, while remaining responsive to our local system readiness,” stated Pate, who was represented by Amina Mohammed, Director, Child Health of the Ministry.
According to Pate, data
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