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Maternal mortality'll reduce with improved grassroots health facilities " COOUTH CMD
2+ hour, 49+ min ago (453+ words) DR Maureen Umeakuewulu, Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, has called for increased investment in primary healthcare centres and community hospitals to reduce maternal mortality. Umeakuewulu made the call on Thursday during the inauguration of a…...
Nigeria's maternal crisis costing women's lives in childbirth
3+ week, 22+ hour ago (479+ words) NIGERIA'S maternal health crisis may be doing more than costing women's lives in childbirth " it may also be shaping a future national burden of diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease, according to a professor of perinatal obstetrics and gynaecology." Delivering the…...
Nigeria records maternal health gains in 2025 " Report
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (314+ words) NIGERIA recorded notable progress in maternal health services, family planning uptake and antenatal care utilisation in 2025, according to the 2025 State of Health of the Nation Report released Sunday in Abuja. The report, produced under the National Health Act 2014, highlighted'improvements in…...