Infant Mortality

Nigeria Records Highest Malaria Deaths In 2015

Sunday, December 4, 2016

The Chief Executive Officer of Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria, Dr. Muntaqa Sadiq,‎ has lamented the high rate of Malaria cases in Nigeria, saying over 100 million malaria cases and about 300,000 deaths were recorded in 2015.

Speaking at the launch of ‘Malaria-to-Zero initiative’, a project that seeks to galvanise private sector resources towards averting 1 million malaria cases by 2020, Sadiq said Nigeria has the highest number of malaria casualties worldwide.

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40,000 women die from pregnancy related complications annually – Expert

Friday, October 28, 2016

About 40,000 women and 241,000 newborns die in the country annually from pregnancy and other related complications.

Lack of family planning was also said to have accounted for 610,000 abortions, a rate of 25 abortions per 1000 women aged 15 – 44.

A professor of obstetrics and gnaecology, and Country Director, JHpiego Corporation, Prof Emmanuel Otolorin, made the disclosure at the weekend during at a Family Planning Media Roundtable in Abuja.

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SAFE MOTHERHOOD: The Seplat lifeline for pregnant women

Sunday, October 30, 2016

Mary Abraham, a primary school teacher from Mosogar, in Ethiope West local government of Delta State, has more than enough reasons to be thankful.

The 28-year-old mother expecting her fourth child soon, was saved by providence in 2012 when she went for antenatal care at the health centre in her community while expecting her first child. The nurses attending to her had asked for her delivery kit and turned her back when it was discovered she had none. Meanwhile, Mary’s due date was days away and she had no means of raising money to buy her delivery kit.

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Family Planning: About 40,000 women, 241,000 new-born die annually in Nigeria - Expert

Sunday, October 23, 2016

By Theo Adegoke

A professor of obstetrics and gynaecology, and Country Director, JHpiego Corporation, Prof Emmanuel Otolorin has raised an alarm that about 40,000 women and 241,000 new-born die in Nigeria annually from pregnancy and other related complications.

Speaking at the weekend during a Family Planning Media Roundtable in Abuja, he said lack of family planning accounted for 610,000 abortions, a rate of 25 abortions per 1000 women aged 15 – 44.

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We’re committed to maternal, newborn deaths reduction – WBFA Country Director

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Dr. Luther-King Fasehun is the Nigeria Country Director of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA). In this interview with Health Correspondent Marcus Fatunmole, he discussed the activities of the Foundation and its commitment towards the reduction of child and maternal mortality in the country and beyond.

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Could you please tell us a bit about the Wellbeing Foundation Africa?

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