The Kogi state government has expressed its determination to reduce maternal mortality rate to the barest minimum in the state.
The executive director, Kogi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (PHCDA), Dr Abubakar Yakubu, stated this
during the commemoration of 2023 Safe Motherhood Day held in Lokoja.
Dr Yakubu stated that the agency so far has been able to upgrade and revitalise rural health clinics in every political ward of the state and has recruited over 60 midwives to effectively manage the health facilities across the state.
He said the World Health Organisation (WHO) records indicated that pregnancy and childbirth related deaths kill about 830 women per day globally, adding that between 2016 and 2030, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) mandate that, the global maternal death ratio be reduced below 70 per 100,000 babies.
The executive director, PHCDA, said to meet the WHO target, the Kogi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, has been working assiduously towards ensuring that pregnant women deliver their babies without any complications.
He said the National Safe Motherhood Day 2023 with the theme “Access to quality maternal care: a right for every pregnant Woman” is apt noting that pregnant women were drawn across the 21 local government areas of Kogi state to create the awareness about the proper healthcare of women and maternity facilities for pregnant and lactating women in the state.
While commending the state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, for his effort in improving the healthcare service of women across the state, Dr Yakubu said the agency would do its best towards the realisation of 2023 theme with slogan “save the mothers, save the future.”
He urged all the stakeholders in the health sector to key into the vision to reduce pregnancy complications among young women in Kogi state.
