KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Taking a look at World Health Day now, CNN's Kelly Wallace has this report.</s>KELLY WALLACE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Dr. Enantu Efenai (ph) traveled a long way, from Nigeria to Capitol Hill, to call attention to the plight of women in the most populous country in Africa.</s>ENANTU EFENAI: In my country, a woman dies every 10 minutes.</s>WALLACE: She talks of young village girls in Nigeria who get married at 12 or 13 and become pregnant.</s>EFENAI: Many of them, because their pelvises are not developed, die in the process.</s>WALLACE: She talks of girls who die from botched abortions and women who feel pressured to deliver a son experiencing seven, eight or nine pregnancies and dying before they turn 40.</s>EFENAI: These are every day experiences where I work.</s>WALLACE: Dr. Efenai is a pediatrician by training. She coordinates family planning projects all funded by the United States throughout Nigeria, providing information about sexual behavior, giving out condoms and oral contraceptives and spreading awareness about AIDS. Her work took her to the White House Friday, where President Clinton and an audience of women activists listened closely.</s>EFENAI: Chinuri (ph), at 28, has seen so many women in her community die from childbirth that she is determined not to have any more than three children.</s>WALLACE: She called on the U.S. to invest more in family planning programs like hers in Nigeria. At the White House, Dr. Efenai preached to the choir. Her bigger challenge, trying to change the minds of law makers who equate family planning with abortion counseling.</s>EFENAI: Many congressmen need to know the real circumstances in which this money is applied. In most instances, it is a matter of life and death for women.</s>WALLACE: Dr. Efenai hopes that message got through during her visit to Washington and that more life saving aid will make its way to the women of Nigeria. Kelly Wallace, CNN, the White House.
Nigerian Doctor Offers Testimony on World Health Day