ABUJA, March 20 (Xinhua) -- A total of 78 million children are at the highest risk from a convergence of water-related threats in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Monday.
Calling on the government to rapidly increase investments in the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) sector, Jane Bevan, UNICEF Nigeria's chief of WASH, said in a statement in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, that there is an urgent need to reduce the preventable diseases among vulnerable children.
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