Spina bifida mortality falls to six per cent as experts warn of care gaps

Urge shift to lifelong support for patients’ post-surgerySpina bifida mortality rates in Nigeria have declined significantly, falling to 6.0 per cent between 2020 and 2023 from a peak of 33.3 per cent in the 1990s.However, medical experts warned that gaps in follow-up care, late diagnosis and inadequate support systems would continue to threaten the long-term wellbeing of survivors.