Nigeria: 'Nigeria Accounts for 25 Percent of Maternal, Infant Deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa'

30 January 2015

Prof. Chris Akani, the Provost, College of Health Sciences, University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), says Nigeria accounted for 25 per cent of maternal, new born and child deaths in sub-Saharan Africa in 2014.

Mr. Akani, a professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, gave the alarming statistics while delivering the university's 116th inaugural Lecture on Thursday in Choba, Rivers.

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