Maternal health
Maternal, child mortality worsens in Benue amid government’s poor investment in primary healthcare
By Arinze CHIJIOKE
BENUE State in Nigeria’s north-central region has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in Nigeria. This...
Health centres left in ruins in Kano rural communities cry for help
By Rabiu MUSA
Battling to save lives in Malikawa and Yan-labi, two agrarian communities in Kiru and Tudun Wada Local...
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Stop shaving women before delivery, Wamakko advises midwives
Ruqayya Wamakko, a medical doctor and the Reproductive Health Coordinator at the FCT Primary Healthcare Development Board, has advised...
INVESTIGATION: Moribund primary healthcare centres are fuelling infant, maternal mortality
Despite the multibillion-naira interventions of the Federal Government to curb the rising rate of maternal and Infant mortality in...
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Why Child-Survival Interventions By Government Fail
Poor implementation and inadequate funding, are some of the reasons why the biannual MNCHW, which targets women and children with integrated package of highly cost-effective health interventions in May and November of every year has not made any significant impact on improving child-survival in the country, more than seven years after it started.
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