The Special Adviser to the President on Health, Dr. Salma Ibrahim Anas, has stated that, despite marginal improvements, only 43% of women deliver in a health facility, and only 46% of them are attended to by a skilled provider.
In her keynote address at an advocacy workshop on Tuesday, quoting the 2024 Demographic and Health Survey, the Special Adviser also disclosed that the coverage for at least four antenatal care (ANC) visits for pregnant women stands at 52%, compared to the 95% coverage recommended by the World Health Organization.
She added that, regardless of the number of visits, 63% of pregnant women received ANC from a skilled provider in 2023, a figure slightly lower than the 67% achieved in the previous DHS round in 2018.
The advocacy workshop, organized by the Rotary Action Group on Reproductive, Maternal, and Child Health (RMCH), was themed “Working Together to Reduce Deaths of Mothers and Newborns in Nigeria.”
Speaking further, Ibrahim-Anas explained that a…