By Bashir Bello
KANO — Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has reaffirmed the dedication of his authorities to make sure no pregnant girl dies throughout supply, saying it’s non-negotiable.
Governor Yusuf made this recognized whereas flagging off the 2025 First Spherical of the Maternal, New child and Little one Well being Week (MNCHW) and distribution of Insecticide Handled Nets, ITNs in Birji Major Healthcare Centre, PHC, Madobi Native Authorities Space of Kano.
Represented by his Deputy, Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, the Governor mentioned the federal government just isn’t relenting in it efforts to make sure protected deliveries of the pregnant girls within the state.
In keeping with him, “Our efforts in guaranteeing all girls carry their pregnancies to time period seamlessly and ship safely just isn’t negotiable, right this moment, we’re distributing 6,000 supply packs and a further 500 C/S packages to our amenities. These we do month-to-month and are increasing to succeed in a minimum of all Apex amenities within the state very quickly. We consider it will go a good distance in addressing maternal mortality, which at present stands at 937 per 100,000 reside births in kano.
“We nonetheless present 25,000 to 30,000 doses of ANC medication to stop anaemia and malaria in being pregnant that are recognized to trigger important morbidity and mortality within the state,” he mentioned.
He added, “one other vital intervention is flagging off of seasonal malaria chemotherapy and distribution of insecticide handled nets for the prevention of Malaria which is a killer of kids and pregnant girls. Our administration supported this initiative by offering fund to warehouse the Nets to the tune N140,000,000,” Governor Yusuf mentioned.
In his remarks, the Nationwide Coordinator, Nationwide Malaria Elimination Programme, NMEP, Dr. Nnenna Ogbulafor, inspired Kano residents together with pregnant girls to make sure correct use of the insecticide handled nets distributed to them by guaranteeing they sleep contained in the nets persistently, saying “This easy act can save lives”.
She additional mentioned that Nigeria has made important progress in lowering malaria prevalence and below 5 mortality because the launch of the primary ITN mass marketing campaign in 2009 and administration for Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention, SMC in 2013.
Earlier, the Kano Chief of Area Workplace, United Nations Youngsters’s Fund, UNICEF, Rahama Farah recommended the Kano State Authorities below Governor Abba Yusuf for its continued funding in healthcare supply, particularly for susceptible teams.
Farah reiterated the dedication of the fund to proceed to accomplice with Kano state authorities to implement programmes that enhance well being and diet state of affairs of ladies and youngsters within the State.
“Kano State has continued to exhibit exemplary management within the areas of Well being, Vitamin and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) by means of constant funds launch, high quality service supply and robust enabling setting. With a inhabitants of over 17 million folks and roughly 3.5 million under-5 youngsters; and 900,000 pregnant girls, Kano is strategically vital in all points of kids and ladies rights.
“Due to this fact, the implementation of two rounds of MNCHW in Kano State for provision of Vitamin A supplementation, Deworming, Anti-Malaria and Immunization to youngsters in addition to A number of Micronutrient Supplementation (MMS) to pregnant girls will guarantee a wholesome populace among the many goal teams.
“In persevering with assist to the Kano State Authorities, UNICEF has additionally offered sufficient portions of Vitamin A dietary supplements and MMS for the primary spherical of Maternal, New child and Little one Well being Week to succeed in over 2.6 million youngsters 6-59 months and about 500,000 pregnant girls, representing 80% of the goal populations, respectively.
“UNICEF will proceed to accomplice with Kano state and work throughout key sectors to enhance diet and well being outcomes in Kano state specifically concentrating on girls and youngsters,” Farah mentioned.
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