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Reducing maternal mortality in the FCT through primary healthcare services

Monday, March 28, 2022

BY DORCAS EDET
According to the World Health Organisation, maternal health refers to the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period. It is expected that each of these stages would be a positive experience so as to ensure that both mother and child are in optimum health at the end of the day. To achieve this, amongst other things, mothers need to be able to access quality health services rendered by health professionals during the stages involved in motherhood.

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Matermal Mortality
Primary Healthcare Centers
Funding
Abuja

Ex-minister blames goverment for poor health care system

Thursday, January 18, 2018

Nigeria’s former Minister of Health, Professor Adenike Grange has blamed the Nigerian governments at all levels for the poor health care delivery system in the country.
 
Delivering a keynote speech at the 19th Professor Bassey Andah Memorial Lecture at weekend, Professor Grange said short life expectancy caused by high infant and maternal mortality rate is one of the major challenges facing the country’s healthcare delivery system.

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Professor Adenike Grange
Healthcare Sector
Government
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Budget
Maternal Mortality
Infant Mortality

Improved health funding will reduce mortality rate – Saraki

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Wife of the Senate President, Mrs. Toyin Saraki, says continuous investment in health care infrastructure is one of the ways by which the government can tackle the high rate of maternal and newborn mortality in the country.
 
She, however, added that the task could not be left to the government alone, stressing that private partnership was also very key.
 

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Mrs. Toyin Saraki
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Family Planning
Government

Canada pledges $1.9m to child health programme in Nigeria, Ghana

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

The International Development Research Centre (IDRC), a Canadian government agency , says it is contributing 2.6m Canadian dollars ($1.9m) to the funding of a maternal and child health programme in Nigeria and in five other West African countries – Ghana, Mali, Senegal, Benin and Burkina Faso.
 
Nigeria currently has a high incidence of maternal mortality. According to the United Nations ‎Population Fund, Nigeria is responsible for 10 percent of the global maternal mortality burden. That is, about 111 women die during child birth in the country.

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International Development Research Centre
IDRC
Funding
Canada
UNPFA
WAHO
ECOWAS
Maternality Mortality

FG Signs Seventy Million Euro EU Support For Health

Thursday, February 16, 2017

The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the European Union (EU) on 70 million Euro support to Revamp Nigeria’s health sector.
 
 
According to the Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, the fund will be used to strengthen the nation’s already weak health system and eradicate polio.
 
The Head of the European Union Delegation to Nigeria, Michel Arrion emphasised the need to concentrate on reducing the nation’s burden of maternal child mortality.
 

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Professor Isaac Adewole
Governor Mohammed Abubakar
Michel Arrion
European Union Delegation to Nigeria
Polio
Eradication
Funding
Budget
Donors
Healthcare Sector
Federal Government

Stakeholders demand 15% appropriation to health sector

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

NAN

 

Stakeholders at the 2016 Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) annual physicians week have demanded for a 15 per cent budget allocation to boost the country’s healthcare delivery.

 

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme for this year’s celebration is: “Healthcare in a frail economy: Challenges and way forward’’.

 

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Eze Onyepere
Centre for Social Justice
Stakeholders
Funding
Health Sector
Federal Government