Providing vaccines and maternal care in Nigeria

Summary

This project will build a Children's Hospital to provide a full range of health services including childhood immunisations and a Women’s Hospital to provide maternal care.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Over 1 million children die annually in Nigeria, 19.5% in the first 28 days of life. The causes of these deaths include, HIV/AIDS, 3%; diarrhea, 13%; Measles, 11%, Malaria, 20.4% and Pneumonia, 17%. At least 61% of these causes are treatable. The greatest causes of maternal deaths include haemorrhage, infection, obstructed labour and hypertensive disorders. The Women’s Hospital will care for over 2,000 women a year including providing emergency obstetric care.

Activities

The 200-bed Children’s Hospital will provide childhood vaccinations and include a Paediatric and Intensive Care Unit. The 250-bed Women’s Hospital will be equipped to provide medicines, antibiotics, transfusions and to perform C-sections if needed.

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The Children’s Hospital in Ogun State will treat over 1,500 children a year and treat children from many rural areas where traumatic injuries can cause disability or death. The Women’s Hospital will provide skilled care, key to saving lives.

Project Message

“Diseases may not be fully eradicated, but their lethal potency can be disarmed and controlled…. This is why your partnership with us counts.”
- Professor Kayode Makinde, Vice-Chancellor of Babcock University