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.
Browsing: Maternal mortality
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.
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, has reiterated the readiness of the Federal Government…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says the introduction of Multiple Micronutrient Supplements (MMS) for pregnant women in Nigeria will reduce the high rate of maternal and infant mortality.
As part of efforts to address the scourge of child and maternal mortality, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital in Kaduna, Prof Abdulkadir Tabari, has urged pregnant women to utilize the 255 Primary Health Care (PHC) centers in the 255 wards in the state.