Preventing maternal deaths in Nigeria

Nigeria has the third-highest maternal mortality rate in the world. In Jigawa state, northern Nigeria, about 80 percent of deliveries happen at home. Access to health care is extremely challenging for women in this region, where primary health care facilities are often non-functional or unaffordable, and lack necessary equipment, resources, and trained staff.
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) works with the Jigawa state Ministry of Health to provide comprehensive emergency obstetrics and newborn care at Jahun General Hospital. Last year, MSF teams assisted in 15,754 deliveries, performed 1,911 Cesarean sections, and conducted 43,785 prenatal consultations.
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[@laurateaho-white9654]

Things would be better for everyone in Nigeria if women were given autonomy. Being able to go to a doctor without the permission of a husband or mother in law is something we take for granted in the developed world. Thanks to these social restrictions, Nigerian children are being raised without their mothers. Its cruel and unnecessary. Thankyou to Doctors Without Borders for working under such frustrating circumstances.

[@vthilton]

Health for All

[@rania.world7923]

Permission!!! (Health) self-care has a zerooo correlation to permission. Medical services in such communities must be enhanced with awareness sessions (husbands and mothers in-law to be invited respectfully)

[@vasanthibalasuriya5280]

Needs better health care.