…relied on unsafe water sources. It identified significant deficiencies in maternal and newborn healthcare, with 75 per cent of the assessed facilities lacking essential neonatal resuscitation equipment. The equipment is required to support emergency interventions for newborns experiencing complications during childbirt…

…throughout childhood. Auta stressed the need for adequate funding for maternal and newborn healthcare, noting that every child deserved to be born in a safe and healthy environment. He urged journalists to follow the budget process from allocation and release of funds to utilisation and results. “Journalists need to tr…

…populations. Its priority areas include sexual and reproductive health, maternal and newborn health, family planning, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, sexually transmitted infections and viral hepatitis, among others. The project also seeks to strengthen healthcare workers’ capacit…

…among healthcare stakeholders and promote policy actions aimed at improving maternal and newborn health outcomes across Cross River State. “This week-long programme is expected to deepen public awareness of the dangers of preeclampsia, strengthen collaboration among healthcare stakeholders and promote policy actions ai…

The Federal Government has flagged off the distribution of emergency obstetric and newborn healthcare equipment, commodities and delivery kits worth N10bn to strengthen maternal and child healthcare services in Bauchi State. The intervention, unveiled on Saturday by the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, is…