In Ogodo, a remote and underserved village in Ankpa Local Government Area of Kogi State, North-Central Nigeria, thousands of women and newborns die regularly due to lack of access to proper healthcare, reliance on unsafe traditional practices and systemic inequalities. This project will build a fully equipped hospital with skilled medical staff and modern facilities to provide emergency care, safe childbirth, and life-saving surgeries for over 400,000 people in the region and nearby villages.
In Ogodo and nearby villages, pregnancy is a gamble with death. No hospitals that provide emergency obstetric care, and residents rely on illegal clinics run by quack "doctors," some rumored to engage in organ harvesting. People in comas are mistaken for dead and buried alive. With 92% of births at home, 1 in 15 women dies from pregnancy complications. Many don't survive due to lack of cesarean services, while postpartum psychosis is seen as a spiritual problem rather than a treatable illness.
This project will solve the problem by building and equipping a fully functional hospital for this neglected regions. It will provide emergency obstetric care, life-saving surgeries, skilled childbirth assistance, and proper diagnosis to reduce maternal deaths by 50% and increase skilled birth attendance to 70% by 2030. It will also include mental health support for stigmatized conditions like postpartum psychosis, and inclusive facilities for women with disabilities.
Within five years, this project could reduce maternal mortality by 60% through accessible cesarean services, and child mortality may drop by 40% with preventive care and vaccinations. Mental health support could lower stigma by 30% and shifting perceptions to view mental health as treatable rather than taboo. Health workers will be trained to maintain services, while community members will learn preventive care to reduce hospitalizations. Solar energy use will also lower operational costs.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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