{"id":2699,"date":"2025-06-11T12:50:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T19:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/?post_type=stories&#038;p=2699"},"modified":"2025-06-11T12:51:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T19:51:28","slug":"birthing-kits-a-lifeline-for-nigerian-mothers","status":"publish","type":"stories","link":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/stories\/birthing-kits-a-lifeline-for-nigerian-mothers\/","title":{"rendered":"Birthing Kits: A Lifeline for Nigerian Mothers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/our_fellows\/uche-udekwe\/\">Uche Kenneth Udekwe<\/a> is a 2024 Impact West Africa Fellow who founded social enterprise Natal Cares, writes about the success story of its intervention through birthing kits across Nigeria. Nigeria maintains one of the highest maternal mortality rates, accounting for 20% of global maternal deaths as mothers give birth outside of formal healthcare facilities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFor these women, a birthing kit is not a convenience, it is a lifeline.\u201d Udekwe laments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He takes on a pragmatic approach, sharing the power of a short-term intervention that needs to take hold as Nigeria is developing its healthcare infrastructure and system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read about his work to equip Nigerian mothers everywhere with affordable birthing kits below.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2701,"template":"","publication_category":[49],"publication_theme":[79,61,64,67,66],"class_list":["post-2699","stories","type-stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","featured-featured-bottom","publication_category-oped","publication_theme-healthcare-access","publication_theme-innovation","publication_theme-maternal-health","publication_theme-sexual-and-reproductive-health","publication_theme-women-and-girls"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/2699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/stories"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"publication_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_category?post=2699"},{"taxonomy":"publication_theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_theme?post=2699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}