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Safe Motherhood Project Nigeria - Final Report
Date Published: 5 September 2007 Document Type: Project Report Issue: Family Planning & Reproductive Health Languages: English Country: Nigeria Purchase Method: Download |
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CEDPA's Safe Motherhood Project contributed to improving the lives of women in the project sites and throughout Nigeria. The project’s goal was reduce maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity in Nigeria, with a particular focus on three Nigerian communities—Agbowa, Lagos State; Minjibir, Kano State; and Gwoza, Borno State. Over a period of three years (May 2004-June 2007), CEDPA implemented a targeted advocacy program to promote safe motherhood at the national and state levels and within communities; trained 25 men and women to be safe motherhood advocates (SMAs) and safe motherhood volunteers (SMVs) to counsel women and their families about danger signs during pregnancy and labor; and successfully engendered an enabling environment in the project areas and strong community acceptance and ownership regarding access to care. The results in this final report indicate that that the Safe Motherhood Project made an impressive contribution to increasing women’s access to health facilities at the community level and therefore to improving health outcomes during pregnancy and delivery.