Nigeria remains one of the countries of the world that still records high maternal and child mortality with about 150 deaths among women of reproductive age due to pregnancy complications.
Over two thousand children under five years of age die daily from preventable causes. "These deaths are as a result of declining quality of healthcare services rendered to communities - especially hard-to-reach communities where they are already disadvantaged with respect to lack of public services," Development Communications Network stated.
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