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
Nigeria
Interventions
78
ACTIVE
/
161
TOTAL
Free Maternal Care?
No
Funders
83
Interventions
0
43
Interventions
Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative Phase 1 (NURHI1)
Culture
Policy
The Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI) was a five-year project (2009 – 2015) funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) to reduce barriers to family planning (FP) use and to achieve the goal of increasing the contraceptive prevalence rate by at least 20 percentage points in selected urban areas of Nigeria (Ibadan, Ilorin, Kaduna, Abuja FCT, Zaria and Benin City). The programme also had an evaluation component called the Measurement, Learning & Evaluation (MLE) Project.
Locations and Funding
Present in State
Not Present in State
Project Status
Completed
Implementing Organization
Funding Received Till Date
Project ID
OPP1145051
Additional Information
NURHI had the following objectives: (1) Develop cost-effective interventions for integrating quality family planning (FP) with maternal and newborn health, HIV and AIDS, post-partum and post-abortion care programs. (2) Improve the quality of FP services for the urban poor with emphasis on high volume clinical settings. (3) Test novel public-private partnerships and innovative private sector approaches to increase access to and use of family planning
by the urban poor. (4) Develop interventions for creating demand for and sustaining use of contraceptives among marginalized urban populations. (5) Increase funding and financial mechanisms and a supportive policy environment for ensuring access to family planning supplies and services for the urban poor.
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Training health workers for magnesium sulphate use reduces case fatality from eclampsia: results from a multicenter trial
Culture
Research
In 2009, WHARC was awarded a grant by the MacArthur Foundation in support of research to improve policies and programs for promoting maternal health in six Nigerian states.
In a multicenter intervention study to investigate the effectiveness of an intervention aimed at improving the case management of eclampsia, WHARC re-trained doctors and midwives in selected hospitals to manage eclampsia using magnesium sulfate according to the Pritchard protocol.
Locations and Funding
Present in State
Not Present in State
Project Status
Completed
Funders
Implementing Organization
Funding Received Till Date
250,000 USD
How we arrived at this figureProject ID
NA
Additional Information
NA
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EVERY ONE Campaign
Culture
Infrastructure
The EVERY ONE Campaign was Save the Children’s first Global Campaign and began in 2009/2010, running until 2015 to coincide with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs1). Nigeria was one of the campaign's priority countries.
Locations and Funding
Present in State
Not Present in State
Project Status
Completed
Implementing Organization
Funding Received Till Date
15,000,000 EUR
How we arrived at this figureProject ID
NA
Additional Information
In 2010, the campaign helped train 905 health workers in Nigeria and contributed to a partnership that aimed to improve the quality and availability of healthcare in four states.
In Nigeria, the Unilever Foundation supported Save the Children’s work to improve the lives of mothers and their babies in Jigawa and Lagos through quality care and support at the time of birth and immediate postpartum period. The partnership aimed to build the capacity of health workers to provide quality services and appropriate care to mothers and their babies and improve access to quality mother and newborn healthcare services in hard-to-reach areas. According to Save The Children's 2014 global report, the campaign worked to secure budget lines for nutrition in Zamfara and Gombe states, and a commitment from the national government to allocate more than US$1 million to nutrition in its 2014 budget.
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Abiye (Safe Motherhood) Project
Policy
In response to the 2008 Nigeria Demographic Health Survey (NDHS), which put Ondo State as having the worst maternal and child health indices in the southwest of Nigeria, the state implemented a program to address the four most prevalent reasons why women in the state die during or after childbirth.
Ondo State trained 'health rangers' to monitor pregnant women in their ward. The health rangers helped women register with health facilities, prepared birth plans, and accompanied them to antenatal appointments. The government provided transportation for the health rangers, motorbikes and a fleet of ambulances, to ensure that women easily reached health facilities without delays. Ondo State also upgraded and refurbished primary health facilities, provided medical supplies and personnel trained in safe delivery practices, emergency obstetric care, and newborn care. It also created two hospitals to handle emergencies and referrals.
Locations and Funding
Present in State
Not Present in State
Project Status
Active
Funders
Implementing Organization
Funding Received Till Date
Project ID
NA
Additional Information
An evaluation report of the Abiye programme in the International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, revealed that between 2010 and 2012, there was a 45% reduction of maternal mortality cases in Ondo state, an increase of 58% of registered patient and an increase of 96% of the number of live births. The evaluation also noted a remarkable increase in child deliveries handled by trained midwives and qualified health personnel.
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MNCH Week (MNCHW) is a week-long event organized by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), State Primary Health Care development agencies, and the State Ministries of Health. The week is organised to deliver an integrated package of highly cost-effective and curative services/interventions like antenatal care in order to strengthen the routine PHC services.
The NPHCDA describes the week as ‘a simple one-time delivery mechanism that consolidates services that are likely to immediately demonstrate impact in terms of significantly increasing coverage levels of core preventive and curative interventions that can improve the health of mothers and children'.
Locations and Funding
Present in State
Not Present in State
Project Status
Active
Implementing Organization
Funding Received Till Date
Project ID
NA
Additional Information
In 2015, UNICEF commissioned a report to evaluate the success of Nigeria’s MNCHW. The main question the report sought to answer was whether MNCHW contributed to improving the health status of women & children by increasing coverage of key health interventions. The report showed that there was no evidence that MNCHW had significantly contributed to the increased use of essential maternal and child health interventions in Nigeria.
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