The World Bank has revealed that 45 per cent of girls in Nigeria ... and 45 per cent give birth before the age of 18.” Diop further stated that with collaboration among traditional and community ...

Nigeria has ranked fourth globally in birth tourism, with an estimated 33,000 Nigerian women travelling to the United States annually to give birth, according to the Center for Immigration Studies.

Faced with barriers to treatment, rural Nigerian women are increasingly relying on traditional birth attendants (TBA) and prayer houses during labour, said The Guardian Nigeria – rather than the ...