Increased Antenatal pathway to reducing infant, maternal mortality in Nigeria – Gynaecologists
by Lucy Osuizigbo Obstetricians and Gynaecologists on Friday called for increased attendance to Antenatal care by pregnant women to reduce the high rate of infant and maternal mortality in the country. The experts made the call at a presentation of four books entitled ‘ ‘Step by Step Approach to Obstetrics and Gynaecological Ultrasonography’, ‘Bullet Point Answers to Exam Questions in Obstetrics’, ‘Bullet Point Answers to Exam Questions in Gynaecology’ and ‘What Mama Didn’t Tell You About Pregnancy- the Myth, the Truth and the Lie’. The books were written by Dr Gregory Ohihoin, a Chief Research Fellow and Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Yaba, Lagos. Prof. Osato Giwa-Osagie, Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, described the high infant and maternal mortality rate in the country as unacceptable. Giwa-Osagie said the book whi...