Maternal and Child Health Unit

Kano State has one of the worst rates of maternal and child mortality in the world. The main mission of the unit is to partner with local, national and international stakeholders to promote the health and wellbeing of the mother and child, as well as prevent morbidity and mortality. We collaborate with the UNDP-UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research to train physicians and public health MCH professionals in the use of data for decision-making in all federal health facilities in Nigeria. We also partner with the Center of Excellence in Population Health and Policy (ACEPHAP), Bayero University, Kano on grants from the World Bank to create innovative technology for use by pregnant and post-partum mothers in order to reduce maternal-fetal adverse events via educational videos and linkage to a health facility closest to them for delivery. With grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, we are partnering with the same organization in piloting a community-based intervention trial to assess the feasibility of prophylactic therapeutics in reducing adverse maternal outcomes.