44,000 Deaths and $10 Billion: Study Quantifies Annual Cost of Child Marriage in Nigeria
44,000 Deaths and $10 Billion: Study Quantifies Annual Cost of Child Marriage in Nigeria
A study funded by the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and authored by Xiangming Fang, a research associate professor in Georgia State's School of Public Health, provides the first estimates of the significant economic burden that child marriage imposes on the people and economy of Nigeria.