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How Lagos State is tackling the challenge of alternative birth methods

The OPE Luxe birthing home (arrowed) occupies a two-bedroom apartment in Surulere, Lagos. Photo source: Olufemi Omotayo

By Olufemi Omotayo and Agnes Udosen (Lead Writers) “This article was produced in collaboration with Maternal Figures, a database of maternal health interventions implemented in Nigeria.” Due to poor conditions of the roads, navigating through the Itire/Ikate axis of Surulere can be a frustrating experience. Yet, this does not deter the pregnant women who, for […]

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Traditional Birth Attendants: Friend or foe?

Dada Nguru stands outside her two-room delivery center with Fatima Mohammed, one of the mothers she helped with delivery. Photo credit: Nigeria Health Watch

The young mothers in the community fondly call her “Aunty Dada” Her first attempt at helping a woman deliver a baby was in a forest while escaping from insurgents. She had already seen several pregnant women die in childbirth in the forest and so at that point, she felt she had only two options. She […]