Nigeria has overtaken India as the world capital for deaths of children under the age of five. This was based on the 2020 mortality estimates released by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), indicating that Nigeria recorded 209,000 neonatal deaths in 1990 – a 61,000 increase compared to 270,000 deaths in 2019. In the same … Continue reading Nigeria Takes over from India as World Capital for Under-five Deaths