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Maternal Mortality: BOSG, ICI Organized Stakeholders Meeting to Review 2nd Quarter Performance On Child Birth Spacing
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Maternal mortality: BOSG, TCI organised stakeholders meeting to review 2nd quarter performance on Child Birth Spacing
By Madu Mohammed, Maiduguri
To reduced maternal mortality and promote healthy family, the Borno State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BSHCDA), in collaboration with The Challenge Initiative (TCI) other partners have organised a stakeholders engagement meeting to review 2nd quarter performance and to promote Social and Behavioral Change in improving Child Birth Spacing in the state.
The stakeholders engagement meeting which held at the Dujuma International Hotels, Maiduguri during the weekend brought together participants from the media, religious and community leaders, health educators and other relevant stakeholders aimed at enlightening citizens to make informed decision about child birth spacing.
The engagement also review the performance of the 8 implementing local government areas of Biu Hawul Mafa,Konduga, Kaga, Jere MMC and Magumeri where the forum emphasized on the need to improve social mobilization through media and community engagements, with traditional rulers, religious and other stakeholders holders.
A hospital survey conducted by the
Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria (SOGON) reported a high maternal mortality ratio of
1,549 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. The situation was reduced as a result of the intervention of the TCI. Borno was only comparable to Afghanistan before the intervention of partners such ad the TCI .
The review of the second quarter performance of the programme in Borno state from April to June 2023 indicates that Magumeri, Biu and Hawul had over 70 percent of people reached, referred and completed the contraceptive usage, while MMC and Mafa had the lowest below 30 percent
Speaking in an interview with journalists, the representative of the Borno state Primary Health Care Development Agency (BSHCDA),, Babakura Ali commended the TCI for supporting the Borno state government.
He urged the implementing Partners to step up community engagement, house to house campaign to improve on the number of the reached, referred and completed contraceptive to achieved Child birth spacing for healthy society.
