Maternal Mortality Rate in several low-and-middle-income countries is upsetting, with about 34% of global maternal deaths occurring in Nigeria and India alone. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the MMR of Nigeria is 814 (per 100,000 live births).
Existing evidence suggests that the high rate of maternal and neonatal
mortality in Nigeria is associated with the three forms barriers.
These barriers include
1. Delay in making decision to seek maternal health care
2. Delay in locating and arriving at a medical facility
3. Delay in receiving skilled pregnancy care when the woman gets to the health facility.
In addressing the challenges associated with the three delays which prevent women from receiving adequate timely maternal health care, It was suggested that improving the accessibility, availability, affordability and care quality through PHCs will most likely reduce the high rate of neonatal and maternal mortality in Nigeria.
On one hand some stakeholders emphasized that the inability to get quality health services in most Nigerian health institutions contribute greatly to the high maternal deaths in the country.
On the other hand, it was noted that even if the standard of services in
Nigerian primary, secondary or tertiary health facilities is improved, maternal
mortality may still be high. This is because an increase in the quality of care
provided at a health institution does not always translate to an increase in
utilization of the health services by women.
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