Nigeria would have approximately 20,210 babies born into the country on the New Year’s day.

This represents the third largest population of newborns in the world on Jan. 1, 2018, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said.

UNICEF also said nearly 386,000 babies would be born worldwide on New Year’s Day, representing some 90 per cent in less developed regions.

The agency reported that Kiribati’s Christmas Island in the Pacific would most likely welcome 2018’s first baby while the U.S., its last.

Globally, over half of these births are estimated to take place in nine countries, according to UNICEF.

These are: India, 69,070; China, 44,760; Nigeria, 20,210; Pakistan, 14,910; Indonesia, 13,370; United States, 11,280; Democratic Republic of Congo, 9,400; Ethiopia, 9,020; and Bangladesh, 8,370.

While many babies would survive, some would not make it past their first day, UNICEF said.

Stefan Peterson, UNICEF’s Chief of Health, said on Monday that the agency was challenging nations around the world to make sure more newborns survive their first days of life.

“This New Year, UNICEF’s resolution is to help give every child more than an hour, more than a day, more than a month – more than survival,” Peterson said.

In 2016, an estimated 2,600 children died within the first 24 hours every day of the year, according to the UN agency.

UNICEF said that for almost two million newborns, their first week was also their last.

In all, 2.6 million children died before the end of their first month, the global children’s agency disclosed.

UNICEF said more than 80 per cent of the children died from preventable and treatable causes such as premature birth, complications during delivery, and infections like sepsis and pneumonia.

Peterson stressed: “We call on governments and partners to join the fight to save millions of children’s lives by providing proven, low-cost solutions.”

Over the past two decades, the world has seen unprecedented progress in child survival, halving the number of children worldwide who die before their fifth birthday to 5.6 million in 2016.

But in spite of these advances, there has been slower progress for newborns, UNICEF noted adding, babies dying in the first month account for 46 per cent of all deaths among children under five.

In February 2018, UNICEF would launch ‘Every Child Alive,’ a global campaign to demand and deliver affordable, quality health care solutions for every mother and newborn.

These include a steady supply of clean water and electricity at health facilities, the presence of a skilled health attendant during birth, disinfecting the umbilical cord, breastfeeding within the first hour after birth, and skin-to-skin contact between the mother and child.

“We are now entering the era when all the world’s newborns should have the opportunity to see the 22nd century,” Peterson added.

Unfortunately, nearly half of the children born this year likely will not, the UNICEF official regretted.

“A child born in Sweden in January 2018 is most likely to live to 2100, while a child from Somalia would be unlikely to live beyond 2075,” he lamented.

http://www.metronaija.ng/20200-babies-born-nigeria-new-year-day-unicef/

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Wow

We need to act fast and now
The government must regulate birth rates now
Proper sensitization and birth control measures should be put in place for newly wed couples

Our faltering economy and high unemployment rates cannot carry our population growth
We need something pragmatic now

We need serious sensitization against careless childbirth mehn. .

We have numerous birth-control drugs but these rural dwellers will not use it. .

Buhari sef

We give birth too much in this country. We should try to keep our population in control please. Two children is OK. Biko na beg I dey beg una

Another batalion to the unemployed army... *sigh

That’s wonderful
Those mums should be proud

We too dey born for nigeria

Hmmmm!



These 20,200 babies born in Nigeria on January 1st are simply the unfortunate ones.

Being born a Nigerian is a curse in no small measure.

A still birth would have been an escape route for some.


I wish them all the best as they strive to survive in a country with no vision.

Yet some people are insulting Adekunle gold for using condom to promote his show ... Guess he knew what he was doing

chaii

ahhhhhh....na competition?

Recession! only but a word!!!

Main while because the First Lady of so many states will be picking baby of the year

Some people will be targeting that new year

Naija no dey carry last.

nah wah o people dey born oooo.,..imagine, make person add over 21000 children wey dey born just one day to Wetin dem go born in just one month.....nah wah d tin weak me

Hmm

zombieTRACKER:
Wow

We need to act fast and now
The government must regulate birth rates now
Proper sensitization and birth control measures should be put in place for newly wed couples

Our faltering economy and high unemployment rates cannot carry our population growth
We need something pragmatic now

u are right tho.

I wonder how the govt will control it when one man marry up to 6 wives nd have about 30 children. Nt to talk of away matches

veekid:
Buhari sef

shey na Buhari give dem belle ni

A country in which large percentage of the youths are with almost zero skill but have enough energy to fuc*k there sex mate and produce babies like rats thereby increasing our population like an insect colony.

No job, no security, almost zero electricity and Nigerians still have the urge to pregnant there wifes and baby mamas to give birth in mass every single day.

It looks like a lot of Nigerians naturally love to remain poor for the rest of there lives.

So India Like Bleep like This

If you check very well,majority of them are poor families shooting out kids from right to left without any means or plans to take care of such kids.Its a pity these kids ll come into Naija to suffer more.The population explosion in few years from now ll be terrible.

men people just day fuucckk with reckless abandon.

DeadRat:
So India Like Bleep like This

over 1billion pple dey india. 180m dey nigeria. Na we like am pass do d maths

.so 20,200 men were doing the thin 9 months ago. 1st of april 2017...chimmo

My GOD..... NIGERIANS DE BORN.....

This is serious. And imagine some of them are unwanted babies, that will never know love.

TheHistorian:
We need serious sensitization against careless childbirth mehn. .

We have numerous birth-control drugs but these rural dwellers will not use it. .

bcoz all d 20k children were born in rural areas.. oya clap fr urself

sinaj:
u are right tho.

I wonder how the govt will control it when one man marry up to 6 wives nd have about 30 children. Nt to talk of away matches

We need to regulate this asap
Maybe the house should pass it and defaulters punished and pays a fine
Polygamy should be discouraged right now
Times are hard