ABUJA, 11 November 2026 — The Federal Government says the maternal case fatality rate fell by about 60 per cent at health facilities supported by the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) between 2024 and September 2026.
Muntaqa Umar-Sadiq, national coordinator of the Sector-Wide Approach Coordination Office, presented the findings at the Nigeria Health Sector Joint Annual Review in Abuja on 10 November. He said the analysis covered 8,309 facilities supported by the fund.
What the figures cover
Umar-Sadiq said the analysis drew on routine health records and facility reports. The review team checked the findings through telephone surveys and on-site assessments, he said.
The published account did not specify how the rate was expressed or provide the underlying counts of cases and deaths. It also left open whether the same facilities reported data in both periods. Those details would help establish how directly the two periods can be compared.
Emergency obstetric care programme
At the same review, Health Minister Ali Pate said the government had provided 80,906 free caesarean sections under its emergency obstetric care programme. He also reported a 22 per cent decline in deaths from obstetric emergencies at facilities participating in that programme.
