sickness, the runs, HIV and lower respiratory contamination have been recognized as a portion of the real reasons for sudden passing, two specialists said in a Study.

The study, Annual Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study, which is the world’s largest scientific collaboration on population health, was made public on Friday in Lagos by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME).

The institute is an independent global health research center at the University of Washington in Seattle, U.S.
In the study, Mr Jacob Olusanya, the Director, Centre for Healthy Start Initiative, said: “Life expectancy in Nigeria is growing, but people in many other sub-Saharan African countries are living longer and healthier lives.

“Diseases like malaria, diarrhoea diseases, HIV, neonatal encephalopathy, and lower respiratory infection are the top five causes of premature death in Nigeria.

“Infants and children are particularly at risk of these diseases, and neonatal ailments like sepsis and encephalopathy kill thousands of infants.

“We have much more work to do, “ Olusanya was quoted as saying in the study.


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