According to the World Bank, Nigeria alone accounts for nearly 20 percent of all maternal deaths worldwide. These numbers are not just grim; they are a global embarrassment. But even more ...

The data showed a total of 1588 maternal deaths (or 18.8 per 100 000 live births) across the designated pre-pandemic time period compared to 684 maternal deaths (18.8 per 100 000 live births ...

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 ...

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 ...

Every year, tens of thousands of women bleed to death after having a baby. Cuts to aid and attacks on reproductive rights ...

Detailed data recently released by the Indiana Maternal Mortality Review Committee shows 80 pregnant and postpartum women died in connection with the nearly 80,000 live births in Indiana during ...

In 2023, Nigeria accounted for well over a quarter - 29% - of all maternal deaths worldwide. That is an estimated total of 75,000 women dying in childbirth in a year, which works out at one death ...

Glenn Youngkin set a new target for Virginia: Zero maternal deaths in childbirth and the often-challenging months thereafter. Jordan knows something about them. “I assumed once I was discharged ...

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 ...

The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is used as the major metric to quantify and monitor maternal mortality globally. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines the maternal mortality ratio as “the ...

Once a "Dark spot" hospital, Kibwezi Subcounty Hospital now records 0 maternal deaths |A few years back, Kibwezi Sub-county Hospital, a health facility that performs as many as 600 caesarean ...

Maternal mortality rates in Kenya remain at an alarming 355 deaths per 100,000 live births, according to the 2022 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey. [iStockphoto] County governments and the ...