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More Nigerians are embracing skin-to-skin care to reduce hypothermia in newborns
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Abuja, May 26, 2020 - At Kwali General Hospital Abuja post-natal ward lies Abdul Shuaibu, a 34year old civil servant holding his newly born baby - his second child, on his chest. This is becoming a familiar sight at the hospital in recent times. He was observing the 60-minute skin to skin Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) usually done by mothers.
KMC is a method of care for pre-term and/or low birth weight infants, the method involves infants being carried, usually by the mother, with skin-to-skin contact. However, in the facilities implementing QoC on the WHO QED network in Nigeria, the skin to skin care is used for all stable babies (irrespective of their weight) to reduce hypothermia, for early initiation of breastfeeding and improve bonding.
One Dead As Policemen, Soldiers Clash In Abuja, Youths Burn Down Police Station
SaharaReporters learnt that angry youth who wanted to avenge the soldier s death burnt down the Nukuse Police Station in Kujekwa, leading to confusion in the area.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Mar 06, 2021
There has been tension in Kujekwa community, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja after an altercation between police officers and soldiers left a soldier dead.
SaharaReporters learnt that angry youth who wanted to avenge the soldier s death burnt down the Nukuse Police Station in Kujekwa, leading to confusion in the area.
File photo used to illustrate story.
It was gathered that trouble started when at about 10.30 am on Friday, two soldiers, Corporal Dantani Bako and Samuel Gambo, who rode a motorcycle, were stopped by the police at a checkpoint in the Kuje area.
”For those of us in the health sector, we have lost quite several colleagues.
Across the country, we have lost not less than 20 doctors in the last one week,” chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) FCT chapter, Dr Enema Amodu said during a recent news conference.
Daily Trust findings also shows that because of the high rate of infections amongst medical personnel, with hundreds testing positive across the country, some hospitals have had to scale down their services.
Checks by our reporters revealed that doctors who are not infected are overworked in hospitals where services have not been affected.