Too Many Mothers Are Still Dying from Preventable Complications

Across Africa, many pregnant women lack access to timely ultrasound screening and specialist maternal healthcare.

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A young mother in a green and yellow headwrap holds her sleeping newborn, wrapped in a blanket, outside a thatched shelter in bright daylight.

The challenge is often not the absence of treatment.

The challenge is identifying women who need help before it is too late.

As a result

  • High-risk pregnancies go undetected
  • Pregnancy complications are identified too late
  • Referrals happen after emergencies occur
  • Mothers and babies face preventable risks

75,000

mothers died in pregnancy or childbirth in Nigeria in 2023, more than in any other country, according to the WHO and UN agencies.

28.7%

of all the maternal deaths in the world happened in Nigeria alone, according to the WHO and UN agencies.

950,000

babies were stillborn across sub-Saharan Africa in 2023, half the world total, according to the UN child mortality group.