This is the debate edition, where we turn the spotlight on a critical issue in public health. It comes your way every last Monday of the month.
In this episode, we turn our attention to a silent but persistent crisis in our region maternal mortality.
Every day, women across West Africa leave their homes pregnant and hopeful, but some never return alive. These are deaths that, in many cases, could have been prevented.
So the question we ask today is simple but urgent:
Why does maternal mortality continue to persist in West Africa?