{
  "id": 19443207,
  "title": "FG claims health gains as maternal deaths fall 60%",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/fg-claims-health-gains-as-maternal-deaths-fall-60",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-11T04:30:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/fg-claims-health-gains-as-maternal-deaths-fall-60/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Federal Government in Nigeria has claimed a significant reduction in maternal deaths, citing a 60% decrease in communities covered by the Maternal and Newborn Mortality Reduction Innovation Initiative (MAMII) between 2024 and 2026. Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, reported that skilled deliveries at supported facilities increased from 4.8 million in 2023 to 7.9 million by the second quarter of 2026, while antenatal visits rose from six million to 8.7 million. Pate also highlighted the recruitment of 19,758 skilled birth attendants across 22 states and the training of 78,054 frontline health workers to strengthen service delivery.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}