•‘We are out of crisis, not out of COVID-19’•Women, newborns get global help for six-week postnatalNigeria and Egypt have joined Ghana and Tanzania as effective regulatory systems in Africa. The World Health Organisation (WHO), yesterday, announced that the two new entrants’ medical products regulatory agencies had achieved Maturity Level 3. A WHO-lead team of international experts carried out the benchmarking of Egypt and Nigeria’s regulators. HOWEVER, Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has stated that Nigeria has not yet overcome COVID-19, but only out of crisis. According to the global health body, more than one in every ten women and babies worldwide do not currently receive postnatal care in the first days after birth when majority of maternal and infant deaths occurs.

Source: The Guardian March 31, 2022 03:43 UTC