A Director of Research at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Professor Oliver Ezechi, has recommended a national ...

If we don’t invest on the front end and give women access to services they need, we can only expect negative outcomes,” Sen. London Lamar (D-Memphis) said.

Guest Column - Nigeria accounts for 20% of global maternal deaths, one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. Sepsis, hemorrhage, and obstructed labor remain leading causes, many of ...

The Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) has identified hypertension in pregnancy and postpartum hemorrhage as the ...

The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) has raised concerns over the reliability of Nigeria’s current maternal ...

The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate of any high-income country, a crisis perpetuated by the lack of ...

Professor D E Gunatilleke Memorial Oration of the Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists was delivered by Dr Gamini Galappatthy Senior Consultant Cardiologist at the National Hospital of ...

Maternal mortality refers primarily to deaths that occur when a person is pregnant or has recently given birth. It can also include deaths that occur up to a year after giving birth, if the cause of ...

Nigeria accounts for 29% of global maternal deaths - a lack of medics and poor facilities are partly to blame.

According to the World Health Organisation, an estimated 79,500 Nigerian women died from childbirth-related causes in ... for quality maternal care). The maternal mortality rate among MamaBase ...