Community Based Strategies to Reduce Maternal Mortality in Northern Nigeria

Voluntary Health Workers will conduct door-to-door campaigns on maternal and child health, and will visit pregnant women regularly to to educate and to encourage use of antenatal care and facility-based deliveries.

A safe birth kit, containing sterile materials to diminish infection risk will be given to pregnant women.

Community-wide media activities, including dramas, intended to address community norms regarding maternal and child health.