Broken promises : human rights, accountability, and maternal death in Nigeria. Human rights, accountability, and maternal death in Nigeria. - New York : Center for Reproductive Rights ; c2008 . - 84 p. 29 cm.

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Acknowledgments -- Definitions of key terms -- Executive summary -- Introduction -- Section one: Failures in health-care financing, leadership, and governance -- Section two: The low rate of contraceptive use in Nigeria as a major contributing factor to hight rates of maternal morality -- Section three: Barriers to maternal health care -- Section four: Unsafe abortion: a major contributor to the hight rate of maternal mortality in Nigeria -- Section five: Human rights, legal, and policy framework -- Recommendations -- Endnotes.

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Women's health services--Nigeria
Women--Health and hygiene--Nigeria
Pregnant women--Legal status, laws, etc.--Nigeria.
Human rights--Nigeria.

KTA1520.5 / .B76 2008