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Episode 174: A PICU for Nigeria

Episode 174: A PICU for Nigeria

FromChampions for Children


Episode 174: A PICU for Nigeria

FromChampions for Children

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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Dec 19, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Nigeria is a multicultural country of 218 million people, nearly half of whom, according to UNICEF, are under 15. Over the past five years, infant and under-five mortality rates have remained steady and alarmingly high in Nigeria:  one in every eight children born in Nigeria does not survive to their fifth birthday. Nemours intensivist Dr. Odiraa Nwankwor is working with a team of his colleagues from Nemours, Cooper University HealthCare in Camden, New Jersey, and his medical school alma mater,  the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital in Enugu to put a dent in that devasting statistic by building and continuing to support Nigeria's first pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) Also featuring Nemours associates Rachel Baskin, RN; Manish Purohit, MD; Erin Dwyer, RN; and Douglas Katz, MD Carol Vassar, producer
Released:
Dec 19, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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