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Nigeria's maternal, child mortality cases hit 20% — W' Bank report

POSTED ON October 5, 2024 •   HEALTH & WELLNESS      BY Benedicta Bassey
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Nigeria's maternal and child mortality cases has hit 20 per cent of the world's record, the World Bank report reveals.

The report released on Friday by the Work Bank posited that Nigeria’s levels of maternal and child mortality are among the highest in the world.

According to the report, “Nigeria’s levels of maternal and child mortality are among the highest in the world, with maternal mortality representing 20 per cent of the global burden."

According to the document statement, Nigerian government had channelled more resources to primary health care across the country through the establishment of a Basic Health Care Provision Fund.

The statement further read, “Financing and technical assistance from the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children, and Adolescents, helped pilot this programme in three states, and mobilised government resources to expand it nationwide.

“The efforts helped to strengthen about 900 primary healthcare facilities with critical infrastructure like maternity wards, medicines, and skilled health workers. Deliveries, pregnancy medications, and other services were provided for free, and some facilities even covered transportation expenses for midwives to reach isolated communities."

According to the report, the GFF and the World Bank supported the Nigeria State Health Investment Project to reach communities in the Northeastern region of Nigeria which has been grappling with conflict and weakened health systems, leaving many without health care.

Earlier, the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Muyi Aina, said many women die from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth, and too many children fail to reach their fifth birthday due to preventable diseases.

He revealed that Nigeria loses about 2,300 under five years old children and 145 women of childbearing age and most of these deaths occur in northern Nigeria.

“This must change. We must ensure that every woman has access to antenatal care, that every pregnancy is delivered by trained and skilled midwives, and that every child completes their routine immunisation,” he said.

Experts are of the believe that access to free pregnancy care and contraceptive availability to every Nigerian woman will aid the reduction of maternal deaths.

The Board Chair of the Media Health and Rights Initiative of Nigeria, Dr Ufuoma Omo-Obi, said, “Modern contraceptive prevalence and maternal mortality ratios are key indicators of a country’s progress. When contraceptives are not available, the contraceptive prevalence rate drops, and maternal mortality increases.

“We hope that every child, every woman, every boy, and every girl will fulfill their fundamental right to have children by choice, not by chance. This can only be achieved with access to contraceptives.”

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