Nigeria has earned a grim distinction as the world's most dangerous place to give birth and among its deadliest for children. In nearly every ten minutes, a Nigerian woman dies in a pregnancy or childbirth related death. Our women carry death sentences - a staggering 1-in-22 lifetime risk of maternal mortality compared to 1-in-4,900 in Western nations. For every 1,000 babies born, 53 never draw their first breath, while 110 children under 5 years perish before they can call their own names. Our citizens live abbreviated lives, with average life expectancy frozen at 55 years, nearly twenty years shorter than the global average.