Most maternal and neonatal deaths in Nigeria do not happen in hospitals. They happen at home, in the long stretches between facility visits, when no one is watching, and no one trained is near.
MamaCare360 was designed to change that. Nigeria’s longest-running community midwifery programme, it places trained WBFA midwives inside government health centres across five states, delivering weekly group antenatal and postnatal education sessions to pregnant women and new mothers. The same midwife. Every week. Building trust across the full pregnancy-to-postpartum continuum.
The results after twenty years are unambiguous. A neonatal mortality rate of 4.3 per 1,000 live births — 90% below Nigeria’s national average of 41. Zero maternal deaths among 14,046 deliveries in 2024. 74% of enrolled women completing 4+ antenatal visits, against a national average of 52.4%.
The model is not complicated. It is consistent. Read our MamaCare360 programme summary and learn why continuity of the carer not just continuity of care — is the active ingredient.
