How pregnancy complications causing women's death —UNICEF
THE United Nations Children's Fund,UNICEF, has disclosed that no fewer than 82,000 Nigerian women die yearly from pregnancy-related complications. The organisation said 225 women dies everyday from maternal mortality, seeking urgent action by authorities to halt the ugly development. UNICEF Chief of Health in Nigeria, Eduardo Celades, disclosed these in Lagos at a Media Dialogue on COVID19 and Routine Immunization, hosted by UNICEF Nigeria. The new death rate arising from pregnancy-related complications doubled the figure released by the Federal Ministry of Health in March, 2022. Speaking at the media dialogue, UNICEF Chief of Health, Eduardo Celades, said " In the last few months and weeks,we got new data. The report is telling us that still, the number of women dying from pregnancy related causes is very high. About 82,000 are estimated to die every year from maternal mortality. "What we doing is to strengthen primary health care in the country. We hope that the data w...