Highlights
- •Wide variation in the proportion of births by caesarean section within Nigeria.
- •COVID-19 and conflicts impacted maternal healthcare and access to obstetric care.
- •The availability of obstetric anaesthesia in Nigeria is discussed.
- •Inequities were intensified by unwanted pregnancy, abortion, and preventable death.
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