Maternal Mortality: Nigeria LNG donates health facility to UATH
The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Ltd has donated a modern maternity and child complex to the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH) to reduce the prevalence of maternal and child mortality in the country.
Inaugurating the project, the Managing Director, NLNG, Dr Philip Mshelbila, said the gesture was aimed at addressing the increasing rate of maternal and child mortality.
Mshelbila said that the current UNICEF report indicated that 40 million women in Nigeria of childbearing age suffer a disproportionally high level of health issues surrounding birth.
He said NLNG in its sustainable development drive, has anchored four pillars for its host communities in areas of education, infrastructure, empowerment and health.
According to him, addressing the anomaly is one of...