Efforts to reduce maternal and infant mortality and save lives received a boost Thursday at the ongoing World Economic Forum on Africa (WEFA), when the Chairman of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Jim Ovia, former Minister of State for Health, Prof. Muhammed Ali Pate, former Managing Director/CEO of Access Bank Plc, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, and others launched a $24 million initiative geared towards saving one million lives in Nigeria.
