A study authored by Xiangming Fang, a research associate professor in the Georgia State University School of Public Health, provides the first estimates of the significant economic burden that child marriage imposes on the people and economy of Nigeria.
44,000 deaths and $10 billion: Study quantifies annual cost of child marriage in Nigeria
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