Nketchi Ogbonna

Five years later, and with the backing of consumer goods firm Reckitt, Project Oscar begun in Vietnam. Since then, it has helped treat more than 150,000 newborns across the country. Then in London last year, Oscar met Miss Saraki. Project Oscar has embarked on its second step, launching here in Nigeria, where it hopes to set an example for other countries globally.

And Oscar's mom, Sarah, says the project also has another important message for people around the world.

Dr. Chinyere Ezaka is a professor of pediatrics at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital and is here for the launch of Project Oscar.

Treatment needs to occur within 10 days of birth and can be done fairly simply. But in Nigeria, equipment shortages and a lack of awareness are significant. And it is these issues that Project Oscar is trying to tackle. The launch here in Lagos is spearheaded by the Wellbeing Foundation, focused on healthcare and headed by Toyin Saraki.

The project is also looking to provide greater access to treatment.

Nonye Nweke is the founder of the Cerebral Palsy Center in Lagos.

Project Oscar is an initiative begun by 23-year-old Oscar Anderson, who was at the launch. Oscar finds it difficult to express himself verbally, so he asked his dad to read us a message he had typed onto his phone.

Ten years ago, he had an idea, and his father Charles explains.