The Maternal Mortality Crisis: Why Nigerian Mothers Die
Nigeria accounts for nearly 29% of the world's maternal deaths. A Nigerian woman dies every 7 minutes giving life. A child dies every minute before turning five.Most of these deaths are preventable.In this episode of Vital Signs Unfiltered, nurses Taiwo and Oyinda investigate why Nigeria's maternal and child mortality rates remain among the highest in the world — and what's hidden behind those numbers.We unpack the medical causes: postpartum haemorrhage, infection, hypertension, birth asphyxia. And we go deeper into the systemic ones: the lack of antenatal care in rural areas, the absence of…
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