Kazeem Ugbodaga
Lagos State Government says on Tuesday that 555 pregnant women may die from every 100,000 live births in Lagos according to reports.
Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, who spoke at a Town Hall meeting on Maternal Mortality held at the Shomolu Local Government Area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria also called on nursing and expectant mothers to join hands with the government to reduce maternal mortality in the state.
According to Idris, the figure was unacceptable, while identifying hemorrhage, spepsi, unsafe abortion eclampsia and obstructed labour as the common direct causes of maternal mortality in developing countries.
Idris said studies had also shown that for every 100,000 live births, about 800 women would die, saying that out of 27 million women of reproductive age, about two million would not survive…
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