Life expectancy at birth in Nigeria increased from 49.4 in 2007 to approximately 54 in 2017.[5] In a decade (2007–2017), U5MR per 1000 live births drastically reduced from 145.7 to 100.2.[6] In comparison with some other reference countries (Ghana, Malawi, Rwanda, Sudan, Norway, the United States, China and Australia), as shown in the second Table below, Nigeria with a population of about 195 million has performed poorly. The country has not done better when compared with the world average and the World Bank regions namely;East Asia & Pacific Northwest