Investigative Reports

Primary Healthcare Centers: Experts Blame Increasing Child And Maternal Mortality On Corruption

Worried by rising maternal and child mortality in communities across Nigeria, a medical doctor, and public health expert, Dr. Laz Ude, has lamented that the activities of corrupt health workers continue to undermine the ability of Primary Health Centers (PHCs) to deliver sound service.

This assertion is coming against the backdrop of an investigative report exposing that maternal and child mortality is still increasing in Nasarawa State despite humongous sums spent on ‘The saving One Million Lives Program for Results (SOML PforR).

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