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The Lagos State Primary Health Care Board has inaugurated a sub-committee to assist in gathering accurate data on maternal, perinatal, and child deaths in communities.
Nigeria still has one of the highest Maternal Mortality Rates (MMR) in the world. The 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) estimates the country’s MMR ratio as 512 deaths per 100,000 live births. Also, a global maternal mortality report titled ‘Trends in maternal mortality 2000 to 2020’ released this year showed that the country…