NIGERIA: Bridging the north-south maternal death divide

NIGERIA: Bridging the north-south maternal death divide:

ABUJA, 6 July 2012 (IRIN) - Nigeria's health services halved the maternal mortality rate between 1990 and 2010, but in parts of the predominantly Muslim north, which is less socio-economically advanced, women are 10 times more likely to die in childbirth than in the oil-rich, predominantly Christian south. Maternal health personnel are calling for more appropriate interventions to bridge the gap.