- The Maternal and New Child Health stated that about 700 Nigerian children daily
- The health organisation attributed the death to various health challenges
- It, however, noted that there is a drop in maternal mortality in southwest and southeast
The Maternal and New Child Health (MNCH2), a UK-DFID funded programme, has claimed that Nigeria loses about 700 Nigerian children daily as a result of different preventable health challenges.
Dr Ashiru Hamza, the advocacy and accountability advisor of the organisation, disclosed this while presenting the evidence at an editorial roundtable meeting in Kaduna on Thursday, September 20.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that MNCH2 organised the meeting in order to step up media coverage on health-related issues aimed at sustaining the MNCH2 intervention in the six northern states of Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Jigawa, Yobe and Zamfara as the programme is exiting its five years intervention by May 2019.
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According to him, the country accounted for 10% of annual maternal death globally based on a survey conducted in Nigeria in 2016.
He said: “The under-5 mortality in the northern parts of the country is also much higher than the national rate which is 265 and 120, respectively.”
He noted that women and under-5 children suffered treatable complications in pregnancy and childbirth such as injury, infection and disability.
He further said several studies conducted in the country indicated a drop in maternal mortality in southwest and southeast by 165 and 286, respectively, while the situation had remained as high as 1,549 and 1,026 in the northeast and northwest, respectively.
This, Hamza said, was also caused by lack of accountability and transparency where a substantial proportion of health funds do not reach the end user with the consequences of children who lost their mothers 10 times likely to die prematurely.
The deputy team leader (Results) of MNCH2 Nigeria, Dr Dauda Suleman, had earlier urged the participants to influence concern from policymakers to improve the healthcare indices.
NAN also reports that the meeting was attended by public and private media executives; a representative of Palladium, Dr Ibrahim Dala; and a representation from Nigerian Health Watch.
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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had previously reported that the World Health Organisation (WHO)'s director-general, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, commended Mrs Toyin Saraki and the programmes run by her foundation, WBFA, when he granted her audience at the 71st World Health Assembly last week in Geneva.
Dr. Tedros, who is the first African to hold the highest office of the WHO, commended Mrs Saraki’s support and championship of the midwifery profession globally, her advocacy work for Universal Health Coverage and the WBFA campaign for improved water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in healthcare facilities, schools and communities.
He also commended her successful collaboration with the WHO Nigeria in the organization and hosting of the ‘Walk the Talk’ challenge for non-communicable diseases event in Abuja, which recorded the active participation of over 2000 stakeholders.
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Source: Naija.ng
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