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| InfoShare Partner: Guttmacher Institute |
| Publication Date: June 2009 |
| Type of Document: Article/Report/Paper |
| Topics: Maternal health/survival, Reproductive health, general |
| Region: Middle East/North Africa |
| Language: English |
| File Size: 487 KB |
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With 1,100 women dying during pregnancy or childbirth for every 100,000 live births, Nigeria has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in the world. In 1994, the Nigerian government committed to reducing maternal mortality by 75% by year 2015 when it signed on to the Program of Action at the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo. Yet, a new analysis finds that policies aimed at reducing maternal mortality have not been implemented effectively and are seriously underfunded.
The study, Barriers to Safe Motherhood in Nigeria, found that the provision of prenatal care—critical to reducing maternal mortality—has not improved over time. More than 40% of Nigerian women still do not visit a trained health care provider during pregnancy. And while the proportion of women whose delivery is attended by a trained provider has increased—from 30% in 1990 to 37% in 2003—Nigeria still has one of the lowest rates of professional-assisted births in West Africa.
Click here to read the full news release: http://www.guttmacher.org/media/nr/2009/05/28/index.html
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