The minister directed the task force to come up with a working plan within three months, saying “we need to look at some ingenuous ways to bring women to the hospitals.”
Federal Government Inaugurates Task Force On Maternal Mortality
By Ojoma Akor
The Federal Ministry of Health has inaugurated a taskforce to fast track the reduction of maternal mortality in the country, particularly in six northern states.
The task force is made up representatives of governmental and non-governmental organizations working on maternal health.
Inaugurating the taskforce tagged ‘Task force on accelerated reduction of maternal mortality in Nigeria’ yesterday in Abuja; Minister of Health Professor Isaac Adewole said it would work in six states with the poorest maternal mortality ratio.
The states are: Sokoto, Zamfara, Jigawa, Katsina, Kebbi and Yobe. The task force is chaired by Professor Adeniran Olubukola Fawole.
The minister said that the Federal Government’s expectation was that Nigeria’s current maternal death of 576/100,000 reduces to below 300 per 100,000 live births in 2018.
Source: allafrica.com
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