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60,000 Pregnant Women Die Yearly – Health Experts

Health authorities and experts have disclosed that 60, 000 pregnant Nigerian women die yearly, thus, putting Nigeria’s maternal and infant mortality rate among the highest … Continue reading 60,000 Pregnant Women Die Yearly – Health Experts


Health authorities and experts have disclosed that 60, 000 pregnant Nigerian women die yearly, thus, putting Nigeria’s maternal and infant mortality rate among the highest in the world.

The disclosure was made in Anambra by health expert and consultant, Prof. Bryan Adinma of the College of Medicine, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi while speaking at a workshop on Women Reproductive Health and Rights.

Adinma, who was the former Anambra State Commissioner for Health, and consultant to some agencies of the United Nations and the World Bank,  emphasised that every expectant mother should register at a health institution, “not prayer houses or with quacks under whatever name”, for proper and close attention from conception till delivery.

The National President of Umu-Ada Igbo Nigeria, Dr. Kate Ezeofor, who was also in attendence, bemoaned the current statistics that shows a maternal mortality rate of 1000 to every 100,000 live births in the southeast geo-political zone. Whereas 34,000 women die yearly in the country from illegal abortion, obstructed labour and hemorrhage.