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UNICEF urges reduction of maternal, child mortality with uptake of routine

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The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has stressed the need to increase effective investment in primary health care at the state level to reduce mortality rate and improve accessibility of healthcare services to most vulnerable in communities. UNICEF Chief of Health, Eduardo Celedes, who spoke with The Guardian after a media dialogue in Lagos, at the weekend, said it had become a source of concern as about 82,000 women every year die from pregnancy-related causes.

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund has stressed the need to increase effective investment in primary health care at the state level to reduce mortality rate and improve accessibility of healthcare services to most vulnerable in communities.

He said that with only seven years away from 2030, which is the mark to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and with the number of doctors exiting the country, it will only require mobilised resources and government’s commitment to achieve the targets.

 

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