Senate President Bukola Saraki on Saturday urged the international financial institutions to intervene in the nation’s health sector with a view to preventing further loss of lives to maternal and infant mortality.
Saraki made the appeal at a strategic breakfast meeting he hosted in honour of the World Bank Group led by Ms Nicole Klingen along with the Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA) headed by his wife, Toyin. The meeting was part of efforts meant to stimulate discussions on key solutions to systemic failures in the nation’s public health care system.
According to a statement by his media office, Saraki said all avenues aimed at addressing facilities, manpower and service delivery in the crucial sector should be explored.
The statement also said Mrs. Saraki called on the federal government to increase budgetary allocation to the health sector, saying it will help in the fight against maternal and infant mortality in the country. The statement said further that Mrs. Saraki decried the loss of estimated 900,000 women and children annually to preventable diseases.
“It is evident that far too many newborns, children, adolescents and women in Nigeria still die from preventable conditions every year and far too few have reliable access to quality health services.”
“To address this, it is imperative that increased focus be placed on client-held personal health records – which will facilitate the much-needed accountability in the health care system as enshrined in the joint World Health Organisation (WHO) and World Bank Group ‘Roadmap for Measurement and Accountability in Health’ guidelines; the invaluable role of midwives; and the critical need for increased access to universal health coverage.”
She further lamented that, “currently, an estimated 900,000 mothers and children die each year in Nigeria – positioning the country as the second highest contributor to maternal and under-five deaths globally, second only to India.”
On the strength of regional and global advocacy, she said “the Wellbeing Foundation Africa has facilitated accessible and affordable health care for all, with a special emphasis on women and children.
By: Omololu Ogunmade
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