The Development Research and Projects Centre, the Kano, and the Kaduna State governments have emphasised that domestic family planning financing is a necessary intervention to improve maternal health and reduce maternal mortality in their states.
They made this known at a meeting at the sidelines of the ongoing 57th annual national conference of the Society of Gynecologists and Obstetrics in Kano.
The theme of the conference is “The tragedy of maternal death in Nigeria: Our collective responsibility.”
Kano State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Abubakar Labaran Yusuf, represented by Professor Salisu Ahmed Ibrahim, the Director General of Kano State Private Health Institutions Management Agency, said the state has just concluded plans to secure family planning commodities as part of its efforts to reduce maternal mortality through child spacing.
“We are passionate about maternal health and safe delivery of all pregnant women in all the 44 LGs, and in all the 1234 PHCs, 80 secondary health facilities, and 956 facilities offering FP in Kano state. Capacity building is a priority, and FP supplies to close the gap from the shortages from the federal government’s supply mechanism,’’ he said.
The commissioner then explained that N200m has been approved for funding as well as N3bn for the procurement of essential drugs to ensure adequate and effective healthcare delivery in the state, adding that the government is engaging Islamic scholars to include the benefits of child spacing in their sermons as part of efforts to create awareness about the need for an efficient population for growth and development of the state.
