Doctors who care for pregnant women say many deaths during and after pregnancy in Nigeria could be avoided if women had fewer children.
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Top doctors in maternal and reproductive health have said that pregnant women in Nigeria do *not* legally need their husbands’ permission to have a caesarean section (CS), even though many people believe they do.
Dr. Abiodun Oyeneyin, the Director-General of the Ondo State Contributory Health Commission, said that 55,557 pregnant women have benefited from the Abiyamo Maternal and Child Health Insurance Scheme since it started six years ago.
In Nigeria, 128 out of every 1,000 children die before their fifth birthday, due to various illnesses with diarrhea, pneumonia, and malaria accounting for 64% of these deaths.
The Borno State Government says it has set up 488 sites across the state for health services in the first round of the 2024 Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Week (MMCHW).
Bauchi State Commissioner of Health Dr. Sabiu Abdu Gwalabe has reechoed the importance of maternal, perinatal, and child deaths surveillance response MPCDSR to be carried out within the stipulated 24 hours for such deaths to be reviewed.