The Society for Family Health (SFH), Nigeria, has launched the Supporting Women’s Increased Access to Family Planning through Pharmacies and Patent and Proprietary Medicine Vendors (SWIFT) project.
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Health experts in Nigeria have expressed optimism that the digitalisation of the country’s health systems will play a crucial role in reducing maternal mortality rates, which remain among the highest globally.
The Osun State Hospitals Management Board (OSSHMB) says Gov. Ademola Adeleke’s upscaling of Primary Health Centres (PHCs) in the state has reduced maternal and child morbidity and mortality rate.
The National Population Commission (NPC) has begun the 2024 Nigeria Verbal and Social Autopsy (VASA) study, aimed at reducing maternity and child mortality rates in Lagos and Nigeria at large.
The Association of Nigerian Private Medical Practitioners (ANPMP) says transparency and active collaboration must be upheld for the Federal Government to achieve its plans of reducing maternal mortality.
The Federal Government has unveiled the Maternal Mortality Reduction Innovation and Initiatives (MAMII) project aimed at addressing Nigeria’s troubling maternal and neonatal mortality rates.
The Federal Government has unveiled a nationwide free cesarean section initiative aimed at reducing Nigeria’s alarming maternal mortality rates.
Sudan’s maternal mortality rate (MMR) has risen to 295 per 100,000 births, and the child mortality rate to 51 per 1,000 live births amid ongoing armed conflict.
The Group Managing Director of Tolu Medical Centre, Lagos, Mrs Olajumoke Caxton-Martins says continued sensitisation is critical to reducing maternal mortality among pregnant women in underserved communities.
The Nasarawa State Government says it would domesticate the National Guideline on the eradication of Maternal and Child Mortality in the state.