Muslim Group Partners PACFaH, Traditional Rulers on Adequate Healthcare

Posted on: Thu 03-12-2015

In its effort to ensure adequate and effective healthcare in the country, a Faith-based non governmental organisation, the Muslim Women’s Association in Nigeria (FOMWAN) in collaboration with Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health (PACFaH), has championed the cause to promote and harmonise activities leading to effective family planning.

FOMWAN, one of the seven indigenous civil society groups say it was responsible for an enabling environment that was germane to the conduct of evidence based advocacy responsible for the mobilisation of constituencies of religious, traditional leaders and women groups with the intention to support activities of issue leads.

In her address at a one day media application press conference on child and family healthcare in Nigeria, FOMWAN’s Director of Programme, Farida Yusuf stressed that the group had taken steps to assemble stakeholders who are versatile in issues bordering on community norms, child killer diseases, nutrition and as well as routine immunisation and values to influence government decisions in areas such as:

“Implementation of N-SPAN at National level and adoption of the plan in three states with dedicated budget line and timely release of funds.

“To advocate for adequate funding for family planning with budget line at national level to implement its programme and family planning blueprint,” she said.

She added that there is need for the adoption of Amoxillin dispensable tablets as first line treatment for pneumonia and scale up Zinc, ORS for diarrhea treatment as well as increase domestic budget and ensure timely release of funds for vaccines procurement.

In her contribution, National Coordinator, Association for the Advancement of Family Planning, AAFP, Chinwe Onumonu noted that government intervention in issues affecting family planning largely contribute to a reduction in maternal mortality.

She regretted that the country lacks adequate access for women to get family planning facilities and “there are some facilities whose primary healthcare cannot provide such facilities."

Traditional ruler, Abaji Area Councils of the Federal Capital Territory, Dr. Adamu Baba Yunusa who spoke on the engagement of policy makers on child and family health in Nigeria: the prospective of traditional rulers frowned at a situation where some community dwellers reject the immunisation of their children by health officers but pledged that the council of traditional rulers will sustain the sensitisation of its people on the benefit of immunising children.

By: Kasim Sumaina

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