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UNICEF's Oxygen Concentrators: Saving the Lives of Newborns

In Kaduna, northern Nigeria, oxygen concentrators give newborns a second chance at life.

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Breathing is the First thing We do

Increasing the availability of oxygen in Calabar, South Nigeria

A doctor examining a patient

12 November 2022

Oxygen is life

Through a consistent flow of medical oxygen, six-month-old Abdulraham is brought back to life

Two men shaking hands

UNICEF and IHS Nigeria partner to expand access to oxygen for pneumonia and COVID-19 patients

A young boy

12 November 2021

Nigeria has highest number of air pollution-related child pneumonia deaths in the world

Air pollution, especially in the home, biggest driver of child deaths from pneumonia in Nigeria

Mother holding a baby

30 January 2020

Two million children in Nigeria could die in the next decade unless more is done to fight pneumonia

Malnutrition, air pollution and lack of access to vaccines and antibiotics among the drivers of preventable deaths from pneumonia—which last year killed a child every three minutes in Nigeria

A newborn

12 November 2019

Nigeria contributes highest number to global pneumonia child deaths

Pneumonia – a preventable disease – kills more children globally than any other infection