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MATERNAL AND
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NEWBORN HEALTH
FACTSHEET
58 ,000 MATERNAL MORTALITY

WOMEN WHO DIE ANNUALLY
FROM PREGNANCY RELATED CAUSES AND CHILDBIRTH
Source: WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group & UNDP 2015
This is the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42
days of termination of pregnancy, from any cause related
to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management,
but not from accidental or incidental causes. It can be
measured in terms of maternal mortality ratio, which is
the number of maternal deaths during a given time period
per 100,000 live births (WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank
Group & UNDP 2015).

A WOMAN IN NIGERIA HAS A NEONATAL MORTALITY

1LIFETIME
IN 22
RISK OF DYING
This is the death of a newborn baby who is born alive, but
dies within the first 28 days of life. It can be measured in
terms of neonatal mortality rate, which is the number of
deaths per 1,000 live births (WHO 2006).

FROM A MATERNAL CAUSE SDGs

Source: WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group & UNDP 2015
IN NIGERIA
27 NEWBORNS DIE EVERY HOUR
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), officially
known as Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda
for Sustainable Development, is a set of seventeen
aspirational “Global Goals” that were adopted at the
UN General Assembly in September 2015.
The SDGs build on the Millennium Development Goals

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and will shape the economic, social and environmental
development agenda over the next 15 years. All countries
NEWBORNS COULD BE and all stakeholders, acting in collaborative partnership,
will implement this plan and pledge that no one will be
left behind.

Source: UNICEF, WHO, The World Bank, & UNDP 2015

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JUST OVER 66,600 UNITS OF BLOOD WERE COLLECTED
BY THE NATIONAL BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE IN 2015

1,818,000
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT NIGERIA NEEDS

UNITS OF BLOOD EACH YEAR

THIS MEANS THAT ONLY 4% web: mamaye.org.ng
OF THE AMOUNT NEEDED WAS COLLECTED
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Source: NBTS 2016; WHO 2010; Population Reference Bureau 2015
 % of women receiving
Neonatal Mortality Rate Government Health Spending at least 4 antenatal visits
per 1,000 live births (estimated)

48 1999 – 2003
US$30 74.5% URBAN
The amount spent on health per
40 2004 – 2008 person by the Nigerian Government. 38.2% RURAL
This amount also varies by region.
37 2009 – 2013 This is below the target of US$86 51.1% TOTAL
per capita.

Source: Nigeria DHS 2013 Source: WHO GHED 2016, 2014 estimate; McIntry & Meheus 2014 Source: Nigeria DHS 2013

Maternal Mortality Ratio Family Planning % of births assisted by a skilled provider

per 100,000 live births (estimated)

15.1  % 85.3%
5.7%
RICHEST
POOREST
of currently married women
aged 15-49 are using a method
of family planning. 38.1% TOTAL

Source: Nigeria DHS 2013

545 576 16.1  %

of currently married women % of women delivering in a health facility
2008 2013 aged 15-49 have an unmet need
for family planning.

Source:Nigeria DHS 2013 Source: Nigeria DHS 2013

61.7% URBAN
21.9% RURAL
Breastfeeding 35.8% TOTAL
OF ALL THE CHILDREN WHO Nigeria has one of the poorest exclusive
breastfeeding rates in Africa
DIE BEFORE THE AGE OF 5 Source: Nigeria DHS 2013

3
   2% ARE NEWBORNS 17  % % of mothers and babies who received
post-natal check two days after birth
of children under age 6 months
32% 68% are exclusively breastfed.
NEWBORN ALL OTHER
DEATHS UNDER-5 59.1% URBAN
DEATHS
33  % 29% RURAL
of newborns were breastfed
within 1 hour of birth. 39.6% TOTAL
Source: UNICEF, WHO, The World Bank, & UNPD 2015 Source: Nigeria Federal Minisry of Health 2011; Nigeria DHS 2013 Source: Nigeria DHS 2013