Nigeria: Ebonyi gov’s wife builds houses for widows, enrolls 4,078 women in health insurance

In a bid to reduce maternal and infant mortality in Ebonyi State, the wife of the state governor, Chief Mrs Mary-Maudaline Nwifuru, has enrolled 4,078 pregnant women and 600 infants aged 0–5 in the State Health Insurance Scheme through her foundation, Better Health for Rural Women and Internally Displaced Persons Foundation (BERWO).

According to the First Lady, no woman deserves to die while bringing forth another life. Mrs Nwifuru’s foundation, BERWO, team lead Prof. Nkechinyere…