Banke-Thomas, Aduragbemi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4449-0131 and Osayande, Itohan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4730-0659 (2025) Nigeria offers free caesareans to save mothers’ lives – but it’s not enough. The Conversation. ISSN 2201-5639 (Online)

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Abstract

Nigeria’s government launched an initiative in 2024 offering free emergency caesarean sections to poor and vulnerable women, in a plan to bring down the high number of mothers dying in childbirth. Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, a maternal and newborn health researcher, and Itohan Osayande, a teaching fellow in public health, discuss the initiative and how it can achieve its objectives.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	childbirth, pregnancy, birth, health insurance, caesarean section, maternal mortality
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Human Sciences (HUM)
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Last Modified:	09 Feb 2026 11:54
URI:	https://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/52425

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