Paediatric Association of Nigeria

PAN Webinar Series 2024 – 002

Dear esteemed PAN members, Trainees, Health professionals, and Colleagues. In commendation of the World TB Day 2024, we kindly invite you to the second PAN-webinar series of the year. The Paediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN), in collaboration with the Nigerian Society for Paediatric Infectious Disease (NISPID) will be having a stimulating discussion on: “Advancing Child […]

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PANConf “Èkó Àkéte 2024 Communique

Download PDF 55TH PAEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA ANNUAL GENERAL AND SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE (PANConf “Èkó Àkéte 2024” ) 17th – 19th JANUARY 2024   The 55th Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the Paediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN) was tagged PANConf 2024 and themed  “Èkó Àkéte 2024”. The main conference held between 17th and 19th

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PAN urges urgent action for child health, national well-being

Source: thenationonlineng.net L-R: Chair, Scientific Committee, Paediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN) Annual Conference (PANConf) 2024, Dr. Chris Esezobor; Treasurer, Paediatric Association of Nigeria, Dr. Adaeze Ayuk; Secretary, Dr. Mariya Garba; President, Dr. Femi Ogunrinde; President-elect, Dr. Ekanem Ekure and LOC Chair, Dr. Seinde Eletu, during the PAN press conference, held in Lagos. The President of

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IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE

Our children are our most important national assets, the key to the future of our country. Unfortunately, we do not have all the time in the world to tweak them and point them and the nation in the right direction. So, when we talk about poor health indices such as high newborn, infant, and under-5 mortality, we have an idea of the significantly little time we have to play around with. Now is the time to act. The year 2030 is around the corner when we should have lowered under-5 mortality to a maximum of 25 child deaths per 1000 live births, and neonatal mortality to a maximum of 12 newborn deaths per 1000 live births. Presently, the number for under-5 mortality is 102 and that for newborn is 34. It is obvious we have an uphill, albeit not an insurmountable, task ahead.

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