Officials advocate strengthening family planning to reduce maternal mortality
A stakeholder meeting held on the sidelines of the 57th Annual National Conference of the Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (SOGON) called for increased access to family planning across communities in Kano and Kaduna states to reduce maternal mortality. I asked for it.
This was disclosed in a communiqué signed by Alhassan Karofi, Director of Partnership Development and Communications at the Development Research Projects Center (dRPC), in which the group announced that these services will be made available in primary health care (PHC). He said it will provide better access and accessibility.Decrease in maternal mortality rate
They said domestic family planning financing is a necessary intervention to improve maternal health and reduce maternal mortality in the state.
Kano State Health Secretary, Dr. Abubakar Yusuf, said the state had just concluded a plan to ensure family planning essentials as part of efforts to reduce maternal mortality by spacing children.
Prof. Salisu Ibrahim, who represented the Director-General, Kano State Private Health Institutions Management Authority, said that although family planning is not the only way to ensure maternal health, the Kano State government is committed to ensuring maternal health through all available means. He said he is determined to invest in the Improving family planning, adequate human resources and financing for health.
“We are passionate about maternal health and the safe delivery of every pregnant woman in all 44 LGs of Kano State and all 1,234 PHCs, 80 Secondary Health Facilities and 956 facilities providing FP in Kano State. “Capacity building is a priority and it is important to provide family planning supplies to fill gaps in the federal government’s supply mechanism,” he said.
The Secretary commended the leadership role of the dRPC in organizing the meeting, adding that in addition to this initiative, Family Planning, as well as N3 billion for the procurement of essential medicines to ensure adequate and effective healthcare delivery in the state. It was revealed that 200 million naira has been approved as funding. A number of Islamic scholars have also called for the benefits of spacing children to be included in sermons as part of an effort to raise awareness about the need for an efficient population for a nation’s growth and development.
The Kaduna State Commissioner for Health, Hajiya Umma Ahmed, represented by Dr. Salimatsu Ahmed, has appealed to the Federal Government to enable Kaduna State to contribute to the family planning basket for supplies as part of its efforts to tackle the rising number of maternal infections. He said he worked hard. Mortality rates within the state.
She revealed that the state government, in collaboration with community volunteers, is mobilizing parents and spouses to reduce maternal mortality by adopting family planning laws, targeting married adolescent women. It added that the campaign had increased family planning services by 40 percent.
“This campaign is proving successful as more than 100,000 married adolescents aged 15 to 19 have been mobilized and brought back to school as a complementary strategy to delay pregnancy and improve health outcomes.” she pointed out.
Source: guardian.ng