Scientists at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, NIMR, have called for a national maternal and infant mortality audit system, backed by a legal framework mandating autopsies for all maternal ...

In the 2024 budget, the federal government allocated N1.23 trillion to the health sector, about 5.46 per cent of the total ...

A new United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) report published June 2025 reveals all about the global fertility crisis.

The healthcare worker has to take a short video of a newborn on any smartphone and the AI model can predict weight, length ...

In an era where health statistics often read like silent cries from the margins with more Nigerians opting for medical tourism, Niger State is witnessing a quiet but powerful revolution in its ...

The situation was worse for adults: only 8% of Black adults had received the updated COVID-19 vaccine, compared to 15% of white adults, according to CDC data from November 2023. The infection rate was ...

Kerala’s maternal mortality ratio (MMR ... some 120-140 maternal deaths are annually reported in the State. But in 2021-22, the number of maternal deaths rose to 220 on account of Covid-19.

The maternal mortality rate for Hispanic individuals increased 74% and 40% for Black individuals compared to 17% for white individuals. “The increase was really driven by deaths after the start ...

As a humanitarian and medical nonprofit founder working in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake, I discovered several issues contributing to extremely high maternal and infant mortality rates in the ...