Maternal death is associated with several factors. One such factor is poverty; the inability of individuals and households to have access to basic needs, especially health care services. Poverty directly affects child survival as it increases the chances of newborn death by 2-4 times. The loss of a woman in the prime and productive part of her life also adversely affects family income and increases the social-economic burden on the man and children. The study seeks to assess the implications of poverty on the maternal health of the Nigerian rural populace. Data are obtained primarily from secondary sources and evaluated using the content analytical technique. The analysis of secondary literature provides the direction for developing policy options significance in addressing poverty and improving maternal health among the vulnerable segment of the rural economy. The study concluded that poverty is the key determiner of maternal health and mortality among rural women. As a way forward, the government must design and implement policies to improve economic opportunities for a household in rural communities. These policies must be focused on the poorest segment of the rural communities.
The study examines the sudden and unabated influx of refugee exiles from the cameroun into the border town of Ikom and food security within the Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. In pursued of the study objective, the survey research design was adopted and a sample of 400 respondents was selected from the study population, using the purposive and simple randomization technique from Ikom Local Government area of Cross River State, Nigeria. The instrument used for data collection is a four point likert scale questionnaire structured to accommodate the options of true, completely true, false and completely false. The questionnaire contained 12 items. Data gathered from the field was meticulously while lineal regression was considered appropriate instrument used to analyses the field coded data at 0.05 confidence level. Result revealed that there is a significant relationship between refugee influx and Food Security in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. The study recommends That the Cross River state synergize with the relevant agencies of the Federal Government as well as other international Agencies to stimulate production in ikom through agricultural programmes such as farmers small holders schemes, cassava, banana, yam, plantain plantations schemes, animal husbandry, cottage industries etc. to promote aggressive food revolution within affected areas in order to avert serious food crisis amongst others
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