Maternal Figures
More than 50,000 women die during childbirth in Nigeria every year

Maternal Figures is a database of maternal health interventions implemented in Nigeria in the last 30 years. Developed as a research tool for journalists, the database contains verified information including funding sources, contact information, programme reports, and more.

The stages of maternal health care
Pregnancy

Pregnancy signals the physiological and psychological changes that occur over a period of 40 weeks. In Nigeria, 9.2 million women and girls become pregnant each year. Complications such as maternal hypertensive disorders contribute to maternal deaths during pregnancy. Our database includes interventions like the use of Conditional Cash Transfers which encourage pregnant women to attend health screenings in order to receive cash bonuses.

44
Pregnancy interventions in our database
27%
of pregnancy interventions are policy focused

Nigeria

Interventions

78

ACTIVE

/

161

TOTAL

Free Maternal Care?

No

Funders

83

Maternal Mortality Ratio

512

Per 100,000 live births
Interventions
0
43
Interventions
  • Between February and August 2011, a quasi-experimental design compared service utilization in the pilot community of Kadawawa, which deployed female resident CHEWs to provide health post services, 24/7 emergency access, and home visits, with the control community of Kafin Baka. In addition, the researchers analyzed data from the preceding year in Kadawawa, and also compared service utilization data in Kadawawa from 2008–2010 (before introduction of the pilot) with data from 2011–2013 (during and after the pilot) to gauge sustainability of the model. Following deployment of female CHEWs to Kadawawa in 2011, researchers saw more than a 500% increase in rates of health post visits compared with 2010, from about 1.5 monthly visits per 100 population to about 8 monthly visits per 100. Health post visit rates were between 1.4 and 5.5 times higher in the intervention community than in the control community. Monthly antenatal care coverage in Kadawawa during the pilot period ranged from 11.9% to 21.3%, up from 0.9% to 5.8% in the preceding year. Coverage in Kafin Baka ranged from 0% to 3%. Facility-based deliveries by a skilled birth attendant more than doubled in Kadawawa compared with the preceding year (105 vs. 43 deliveries total,respectively). There was evidence of sustainability of these changes over the 2 subsequent years. Researchers concluded that community-based service delivery through a resident female community health worker can increase health service utilization in rural, hard-to-reach areas.

    Locations and Funding

    Present in State

    Not Present in State

    Project Status

    Completed

    NA

    Alastair Ager

    Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Medical Center


    Additional Information
    Jigawa state health officials presented the successful findings from the Kadawawa pilot study to the State Assembly and advocated employment of more female CHEWs to scale up the service model. Their efforts were successful, and the Gunduma Health System Board subsequently budgeted for recruitment of additional female CHEWs. Communities and associated facilities were identified for the preliminary phase of expansion in 2013 to up to 30 locations, with associated plans for establishing CHEW residential accommodations. This entailed an allocation of an additional 20 million NGN in the Gunduma Health System Board budget, signaling endorsement of the pilot model as an effective and scalable strategy across the state. Fifteen new health posts were refurbished and equipped, and an additional 60 female CHEWs were hired to expand the community-based service delivery model into 30 new sites. In addition, 30 ‘‘gender-sensitive’’ motorcycles were procured for female CHEWs to facilitate their home visits. Some of the budgeted funds were also used to purchase material incentives (baby wipes, soap,birth towels for newborn babies, wrappers, delivery kits) for pregnant women who delivered at the refurbished health facilities. To ensure sustainability, the State Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, the Gunduma Councils, and the Ministry of Local Government established a pooled fund to support community-based service delivery activities.
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  • The project development objective is to support the State Ministries of Health in Akwa Ibom, Anambra, and Gombe states in reducing (i) malaria-related morbidity and mortality and (ii) the consequent social and economic costs. This project was funded by the Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) to support the Malaria Control Booster Project (P097921; Additional Financing P115036). The project development objectives of the parent project were to:(i) to ensure that the target population would have improved access to, and utilization of, a well-defined set of Malaria Plus Package (MPP) interventions (ii) to strengthen Federal and States’ ability to manage and oversee delivery of malaria plus interventions.

    Locations and Funding

    Present in State

    Not Present in State

    Project Status

    Completed

    P121415

    Japan Social Development Fund Secretariat


    Additional Information
    NA
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  • The programme aimed to reduce death and injury from unsafe abortion and increased contraceptive use, thereby improving maternal health.

    Locations and Funding

    Present in State

    Not Present in State

    Project Status

    Completed

    GB-1-201518

    Marie Stopes Nigeria


    Additional Information
    A post completion review noted that the programme was responsible for the growth of Family Planning services by 5,200% in Nigeria (from 25,000 to 1.3 million).
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  • With the support of the World Bank Community Based Urban Development Projects, the Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency constructed (2) new Maternal and Child Health Clinics at Federal Low Cost Bauchi and T/wadan Dan Amar Bauchi while K/Dumi Primary Health Centre were renovated and upgraded all in 2011.

    Locations and Funding

    Present in State

    Not Present in State

    Project Status

    Completed

    NA

    Hassan Madu Kida

    Task Team Leader, World Bank


    Additional Information
    NA
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  • The project aimed to accelerate the reduction of maternal, newborn and child mortality in 15 states and the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. It was designed to strengthen the delivery of maternal, newborn and child health services through evidence-based, gender-responsive interventions, using existing health and community structures in the focus states. It supported the procurement and distribution of equipment such as newborn resuscitation devices, HIV testing kits, communication equipment, and reproductive health supplies to cover 60% of the annual requirements of these states. Finally, the project provided technical and financial support to enhance the skills of health workers - midwives, doctors and Community Health Extension Workers - through updating training guidelines under the Midwifery Services Schemes, the Community Health Extension Workers Program and doctors serving in the Nigeria Youth Service Corps. The project was implemented in alignment with the Government of Nigeria’s Integrated Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Strategy. The project is implemented by UNICEF in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO), and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). This project is part of Canada's Maternal, Newborn and Child Health commitment.

    Locations and Funding

    Present in State

    Not Present in State

    Project Status

    Completed

    CA-3-A034616001

    Geoffrey Njoku

    UNICEF Communications Specialist


    Additional Information
    Results achieved as of March 2013 include: Training 1,611 health workers to provide maternal and child health services and information, including: (1) training 248 nurse-midwives and community resource people to provide skilled pre- and post-natal care to about 100,000 pregnant women and their newborns; (2) training and equipping 280 Community Health Extension Workers to provide community-based newborn care; (3) training 60 health care providers and 30 people living with HIV to provide prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services to an estimated 3,000 HIV-exposed infants; and (4) training 71 health workers on the Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses - an integrated, preventive and curative approach to child health implemented by families, communities, and health facilities. In addition, the implementing partners (UNICEF, WHO and UNFPA) - in coordination with other development partners - assisted the Government of Nigeria to roll-out Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Weeks, results of which (as of March 2013) include: (1) helping to reach over four million pregnant women with essential maternal health services (such as insecticide-treated bed nets, anti-malaria drugs, and health education), and more than 23 million children under the age of five with essential life-saving interventions (including Vitamin A supplements, de-worming tablets, and nutrition support); (2) reaching over three million caregivers with training on the prevention of leading diseases affecting mothers and children (sleeping inside insecticide treated bed nets, using oral rehydration solutions to treat diarrhea, completing immunizations, hand washing, antenatal care and preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV); (3) providing information on the gender barriers to maternal, newborn and child health services to about 3.5 million women and men; and (4) mobilizing additional funds of US$11 million to procure contraceptive commodities; These have contributed to strengthening primary health care systems to provide quality gender-sensitive health services to women, newborns and children and increasing demand for these health services by communities.
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