United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Department for International Development DFID, have said raised alarm that Nigeria’s maternal mortality rate has risen to 10 percent where about 111 women die on daily basis.
These were submissions by the Executive Director of the UNFPA, Professor Babatunde Osotimehin and the Permanent Secretary of the UK’s Department for International Development, DFID, Mr Mark Lowcock at a meeting with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the presidential villa, Abuja on Wednesday.
Osotimehin who was a former Minister of Health in Nigeria however said that UNFPA had a plan to restart a national programme to reduce the rate of maternal and child mortality in Nigeria, especially in the North.
He said the new initiative, if well implemented, would drastically reduce the incidence of maternal deaths.
He said, “Nigeria constitutes 2% of the world’s population but contributes 10% of the world’s maternal mortality.
“The UNFPA in partnership with the DFID is proposing a programme that will ultimately reduce maternal mortality in Nigeria by 30% through a child spacing and family planning initiative.’’
Source: Vanguard
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