What is it about?
Nigeria is rated second globally with respect to maternal deaths with 560 maternal deaths per 100000 live births in 2013. Information and data on the mortality of women in Nigeria is inadequate and challenging, especially in rural and hard-to-reach areas. Thus, it was carried out in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State among rural communities using multistage sampling technique and an informant survey approach. The study found out crucial non-medical factors affecting the deaths of women during pregnancy and child birth. The study made strong recommendations for better utilization and survival chances of women in the study area as well as in all of Nigeria.
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Why is it important?
Findings of the study are strategic in the sense that it cost less to apply and can be widely replicated in several other settings. With rural education and increase in the status of women can make huge impact in maternal mortality among rural folks.
Perspectives
I have passion for a study like this not only due to the high deaths among Nigerian women during pregnancy and child birth but because it had created more awareness on the non-medical causes which have not been vigorously studied particularly in rural areas.
Dr Dominic Ezinwa Azuh
Covenant University
I was intrigued by the findings revealed in this study and writing the paper with enthusiastic and resourceful co-authors was an exciting experience.
Emeka Iweala
Covenant University
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This page is a summary of: Factors influencing maternal mortality among rural communities in southwestern Nigeria, International Journal of Women s Health, April 2017, Dove Medical Press,
DOI: 10.2147/ijwh.s120184.
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