Blog - 'Because she was a few days overdue, I drove [my wife] to the hospital to be induced. However, on starting labour, she started bleeding, and the drugs they needed to stop this were not in stock, so I went out to buy them. But when she died, nobody told me why.' -- Hezekiah.
"Because she was a few days overdue, I drove to the hospital to be induced. However, on starting labour, she started bleeding, and the drugs they needed to stop this were not in stock, so I went out to buy them. But when she died, nobody told me whyThis story from a key informant interview is one of many told and untold stories of maternal deaths in Nigeria.
To sustain these learnings, the programme also seeks to provide tools and job aids to providers and engrain quality of care mechanisms to promote continued quality of care and knowledge retention within the facility. Additionally, they aim to create a system where trained facility staff will share these learnings with other members of staff, especially given the rate of health worker attrition.
Stakeholders, including Dr Makinde Akinlenmibola, Chairman of the Association of Nigerian Private Medical Practitioners-Lagos State Chapter, believe this programme will improve the health indices of Nigeria. While speaking on the programme's goals and objectives, he said the programme benefits both the receiver and provider of health care by assisting medical practitioners in accessing healthcare financing that will improve health service delivery and the health indices of the country.
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