Why too many mothers are still dying at childbirth in West Africa

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dc.contributor.authorAfolabi, B.B.
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-10T09:46:21Z
dc.date.available2022-01-10T09:46:21Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionScholarly articlesen_US
dc.description.abstractMaternal mortality rates in West Africa are among the highest in the world. One in every 30 Nigerian mothers die in childbirth compared with one in every 30,000 in Sweden. This is still much better than it used to be. In Sierra Leone in the early 1990s, more than 2300 women were dying for every 100,000 babies that were born alive. In Nigeria, 1100 women were suffering the same fate. The situation in both countries has improved dramatically in the past 25 years. Sierra Leone has more than halved the number of maternal deaths to 1100 for every 100,000 births, as has Nigeria – where the rate is 576 women for every 100,000 births. But this is still way out of kilt with developed countries. In Sweden, there are four deaths for every 100,000 births. In the US, there are 28 for every 100,000 births. Since 1990, maternal deaths worldwide have dropped by 45%. This has been partly as a result of countries adopting the eight Millennium Development Goals. As part of meeting the goals, member countries committed to cut maternal mortality by 75% by the end of December 2015.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAfolabi BB. Why too many mothers are still dying at childbirth in West Africa. The Conversation. 2015.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/10058
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe Conversationen_US
dc.subjectMaternal mortalityen_US
dc.subjectChildbirthen_US
dc.subjectNigerian mothersen_US
dc.titleWhy too many mothers are still dying at childbirth in West Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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