maternal mortality in Nigeria

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A Damning but true report has said that 54,000 Nigerian women die yearly of complications arising from pregnancy and childbirth. Accoding to the report maternal deaths in nigeria stand at 800 per 100,000. Frifhtening as it is, this report is only but a true reflection of recorded cases of maternal mortality rates in the country; majority of the cases especially in the rural areas that constitute more than 80 per cent of the population are largely unknown, but almost certainly higher.
This sad reality happens in a country the prouds itself as the 12th largest producer or crude oil, and one of the wealthiest nations in black africa with over $40 billion in foreign reserves...... read on