1. Reproductive health struggles in Nigeria.
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Roberts, Hannah
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REPRODUCTIVE health , *INFANT mortality , *PREGNANCY complications , *YOUNG women , *BIRTH control , *HUMAN reproduction , *PUBLIC health , *HEALTH - Abstract
Discusses reproductive health in Nigeria, and problems such as a high rate of maternal death due to complications of pregnancy and childbirth, a high infant mortality rate, and a high HIV rate. Concern that Nigeria will not be able to support its population; View that the country must double its infrastructure for food production, health services, education, water supply, housing, energy, and services; Observation that Nigeria has one of the lowest levels of modern family planning use in the world; Problem of illegal abortion in Nigeria, which is a leading cause of death in young women; Lack of availability of health care services in Nigeria.
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- 2003
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