Nigeria Loses 145 Women To Pregnancy Complications Daily – FG

Nothing less than 145 girls and women of reproductive age die daily from pregnancy-related complications, the federal ministry of health in Nigeria has disclosed.

The Director of Reproductive Health in the Ministry, Lawrence Anyanwu, made the disclosure in Enugu on Thursday at a workshop organised by the ministry for relevant stakeholders in the health sector.

Anyanwu said the ministry had partnered a number of stakeholders, including governors from selected states, to develop the guideline to contain the issue.

The director said the essence was to continue to improve the existing health care delivery system by empowering individuals with adequate information and commodities and creating outlets to take care of health needs of the people.

He said that the ministry had released guidelines for self care/self injection to improve the existing health care delivery in the country.

‘’When we say self care, it means the ability of individuals and communities to promote health, prevent diseases and maintain good health.

‘’This programme is aimed at empowering individuals with corporate information and capabilities to understand their health needs without going to interact with the health care providers.

“It is very important now that we are having COVID-19 pandemic to ensure that there are minimal contacts with other individuals,’’ he added.

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Anyanwu complained that Enugu State was behind in supervising the programmes, noting that out of 17 council areas in the state, only 10 were doing proper supervision and monitoring as directed by the federal ministry.

He encouraged the state to support the local government supervisors of health financially to enhance effective supervision and monitoring.

He urged the state to step in with little stipend to encourage the supervisors to monitor the initiatives.

Anyanwu also noted that a number of personnel in the LGAs were not skilled enough to complete the job of educating the masses.

He said that they were missing out in some of the key indicators to document services that were provided.

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