As a humanitarian and medical nonprofit founder working in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake, I discovered several issues contributing to extremely high maternal and infant mortality rates in the ...

A non-governmental organisation, The Challenge Initiative has restated its commitment to reducing maternal mortality rate in Borno State. The group, in collaboration with Devcom, expressed serious ...

The maternal mortality crisis in Nigeria remains dire. According to a 2023 World Health Organization (WHO) report, Nigeria ranks second globally for the highest number of maternal deaths ...

Scientists at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, NIMR, have called for a national maternal and infant mortality audit system, backed by a legal framework mandating autopsies for all ...

In 1990, the country’s maternal mortality ratio (MMR) stood around an alarming 760 deaths per 100,000 live births. This placed Ghana among the high-mortality countries as it embarked on the ...

A health expert on Friday underscored the importance of targeted nutrition and care awareness programmes in reducing maternal and newborn mortality, urging global and local partners to invest in ...

According to him, National SWAP has identified 172 local government areas with more cases of maternal Mortality but God be the glory 56 MAMII centers were activated. “MAMII aims to address five ...

The bill, a work in progress, will build on General Assembly initiatives setting up a maternal mortality review team and ensuring Medicaid covers doula care, as well as bipartisan, but vetoed ...

“Fifteen percent of women in Hillsborough County experience maternal mortality during childbirth over all,” Bailey said. “So, when we have our programs like our doulas and our pregnancy ...

The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) has raised concerns over the reliability of Nigeria’s current maternal mortality statistics, questioning how such data is obtained without ...

Zamfara State Government has inaugurated about 30-member taskforce committee on Maternal and Newborn Mortality Reduction Innovation Initiative (MAMII) in the state. Inaugurating the committee ...

Significant racial disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality have continued to increase in the United States for decades. Following decades of decline, maternal deaths began to rise in the ...