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Nigeria: Celebrating Womanhood - the Art of Elevating Women's Voices for Quality Healthcare
Nigeria Health Watch, 18 April 2023
Listening to woman's voices, needs and unique perspectives is paramount to improving access to quality, respectful maternal healthcare. Read more »
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Nigeria: Using Art to Promote Quality Maternal Healthcare for Women
This Day, 13 April 2023
In this report, Sunday Ehigiator writes that the second edition of the Nigerian Health Watch, NHW, 'Celebrating Womanhood Art Gala' recently held in Abuja with the theme,… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria Health Watch to Host Second Edition of Celebrating Womanhood Art Gala
Nigeria Health Watch, 20 March 2023
Nigeria Health Watch is pleased to announce that it will be hosting the second edition of the 'Celebrating Womanhood Art Gala' themed "Elevating Women's Voices for Quality Maternal… Read more »
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Nigeria Health Watch, 24 September 2021
Nigeria Health Watch is excited to announce that it will be hosting its maiden edition of the #HealthMeetsArt Gala themed 'Celebrating Womanhood', to recognize women in all their… Read more »
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Nigeria: Why Nigeria's Maternal Mortality Amongst Highest in the World
Daily Trust, 9 January 2021
Contributes 20 per cent to global maternal deaths Read more »
Using Art to Promote Quality Maternal Healthcare for Women
Listening to woman's voices, needs, and unique perspectives is paramount to improving access to quality, respectful maternal healthcare, write Dabri Olohije Ohanu and Oluoma Omeje for the Nigeria Health Watch.
The Celebrating Womanhood Art Gala is an initiative aimed at raising awareness about maternal health issues through various forms of art. The second edition of the gala was themed "Elevating Women's Voices for Quality Maternal Healthcare" and brought together multi-sectoral stakeholders to advocate for women's perspectives and experiences with maternity care.
The artworks displayed included paintings and photographs that illustrated the challenges faced by women during pregnancy and childbirth.
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that in Nigeria, the Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) is 814 per 100,000 live births. The lifetime risk of a Nigerian woman dying during pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, or post-abortion is 1 in 22 women, which stands in stark contrast to the estimated lifetime risk of 1 in 4900 in developed countries.
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A slowdown in the progress made during the past decade against maternal and infant mortality, is projected in the African region, Read more »
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Every year, 295,000 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth globally. Nigeria accounts for an enormous 23% of these deaths. Each one is a needless ... Read more »
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Nigeria, like many low and middle-income countries, accounts for some of the highest burdens of maternal deaths. Nigeria accounts for about 20% of global maternal deaths, largely ... Read more »
Dorcas Akila, Programme Manager, The Challenge Initiative (TCI) during the “Voice it Up” session. Art work: Voice of my inner woman by Mangai Joel Dawang.
