It is a district initiative, which we took after seeing the need of our people for such a program," says Kicukiro health director, Emerance Gatera. "We used to have a family planning session once a week in every hospital in
Recent United Nations data shows that Nigeria has the second highest maternal mortality rate in the world. The country's 59,000 maternal deaths annually rank second to India's 117,000. Locally, available statistics also show that the North West zone of the
Infant and maternal mortality rates in Nigeria are adjudged to be amongst the worst in the world. The maternal ratio per 100 000 live births is put at 800 and the annual number of maternal deaths an alarming 42 600.
Dilation and curettage is the procedure, also called as D&C. D means dilation, which is enlarging and C means curettage, which means scrapping. Mainly, this procedure consists of enlarging or expanding the entrance of the uterus to insert the sharp
