HIGH INFANT AND MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE IN NIGERIA; A CAUSE FOR CONCERN.

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Infant and mortality is the death of a child or mother caused by diseases and other conditions related to pregnancy and child birth. It is a health indicator which shows if a country is developed, developing or underdeveloped. The leading causes of the misfortune

are high rate of poverty, lack of government hospitals in rural areas, fairness of hospitals and some cultural practices. It has implication not only to the family and community but also to the nation at large. 

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1.1       Introduction to Infant Maternal Mortality.

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1.1.1    Maternal Mortality

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1.2       Global trends in maternal mortality

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1.3.1    The Magnitude at a glance  

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200%;tab-stops:.5in right 6.5in">2.1.1       Types Of Infant Mortality 

200%;tab-stops:.5in right 6.5in">2.1.2       Perinatal Mortality

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200%;tab-stops:.5in right 6.5in">2.1.4       Post- Neonatal Mortality

200%;tab-stops:.5in right 6.5in">2.2       Four Phase of Delay Model in Maternal Mortality 

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2.2.l     Phase 1. Delay in decision to seek care

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2.2.2       Phase 11 Delay

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12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman","serif""="">Causes of Infant Mortality in Nigeria 

200%;tab-stops:.5in right 6.5in">3.2       Causes of maternal mortality in Nigeria

200%;tab-stops:.5in right 6.5in">3.2.1       Eclampsia

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200%;tab-stops:.5in right 6.5in">3.3       Non-medical factors of maternal and neonatal deaths

200%;tab-stops:.5in right 6.5in">3.4    Strategies/Approaches to Reduction of Infant and Maternal Mortality Rate in Nigeria

200%;tab-stops:.5in right 6.5in">3.5       Ages of Woman as One of the Factors to be considered in Maternal Mortality

200%;tab-stops:.5in right 6.5in">3.6       Why Girls Are More Vulnerable Than Older Women

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