The World Bank has announced that 20% of the world’s maternal and child deaths occur in Nigeria.
Nigeria has one of the highest maternal and child mortality rates in the world, according to a World Bank report released on Friday.
“Nigeria has the highest maternal and child mortality rate in the world, with maternal mortality accounting for 20 per cent of the global burden,” the report said.
He also revealed that the Nigerian government has injected more resources into primary health care across the country through the establishment of the Basic Health Care Delivery Fund.
“With funding and technical assistance from the Global Finance Facility for Women, Children and Youth, we piloted the program in three states and mobilized government resources to expand the program across the country.
“This initiative has strengthened approximately 900 primary health care facilities with critical infrastructure such as maternity wards, medicines, and skilled health workers. Maternity, pregnancy medicines, and other services are provided free of charge and at The department’s facilities also paid for midwives to travel to isolated areas,” the report said.
According to the report, GFF and the World Bank are launching the Nigeria National Health Investment Project to bring support to communities in northeastern Nigeria, where many people face lack of access to health care in the face of conflict and weakened health systems. supported.
Recently, Dr. Mui Aina, Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, said that too many women still die from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth and that too many women miss their fifth birthday due to preventable diseases. He said there are too many children who cannot be picked up.
He noted that approximately 2,300 children under the age of five and 145 women of childbearing age had died in Nigeria, with most of these deaths occurring in northern Nigeria.
“This has to change. We need to ensure that every woman has access to antenatal care, that every pregnancy is delivered by a trained and skilled midwife, and that every child has completed routine immunizations. We have to make it possible,” he said.
Experts believe that giving all Nigerian women access to free pregnancy care and contraceptives would lead to a reduction in maternal deaths.
“Modern contraceptive prevalence and maternal mortality rates are important indicators of a country’s progress. When contraceptives are not available, Contraceptive rates decline and maternal mortality rates increase.
“We want every child, every woman, every boy and every girl to fulfill their fundamental right to have children by choice and not by chance. This can only be achieved with
