Nigeria: Is Obesity the Trojan Horse in Worrying Trend of Maternal Mortality?

In 2023, a World Health Organization (WHO) report titled “Maternal Mortality: The Urgency of a Systemic and Multisectoral Approach in mitigating maternal deaths in Africa”gave a morbid analysis of the landscape of maternal health and revealed that maternal mortality remains a significant public health issue worldwide. It is even more problematic that there is an increasing trend in many African countries. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, bears the brunt of this crisis, with one…