Nigeria, Dec. 6 -- Reproductive health experts have warned that unsafe abortions continue to drive Nigeria's high maternal mortality burden due to restrictive laws, stigma, poor access to safe services, and persistent misinformation.

The experts made this known during a three-day media training on women's sexual and reproductive health and rights, held in Keffi, Nasarawa State between 2-4 December.

Talemoh Dah, CEO of the Soteria-Afrique Rural Healthcare Initiative, explained the medical mechanisms through which unsafe procedures lead to preventable deaths.

Mr Dah noted that the uterus and surrounding organs contain major blood vessels, meaning that "if an untrained person introduces an instrument wrongly, heavy bleeding can occur and ...