Oborevwori said this during the flag-off of the first round of 2023 Maternal and Newborn Health week in Asaba.
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Dr Bassey, who is the Chairman, House Committee on Health, attributed the feat to the doggedness of Dr Janet Ekpenyong, Director-General of the Cross River Primary Healthcare Agency.
The Federal Government says it is determined to reduce maternal mortality rate from 576 per 100,000 birth in 2013 to 288 per 100,000 births in 2022.
Wife of the Niger state Governor, Dr. Amina Sani Bello has disclosed that there is need to stop the trend of preventable deaths across the state, sayjng that “the figures of maternal, child mortality and morbidity are unacceptable”.
The experts made the call at a presentation of four books entitled: ‘Step by Step Approach to Obstetrics and Gynaecological Ultrasonography’, ‘Bullet Point Answers to Exam Questions in Obstetrics”.
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, who inaugurated the Task Force in Abuja, said maternal and child mortality in the North West and North-Eastern parts of the country is worrisome and the Federal Ministry of Health is committed to bringing it to an end.
“I am sure that if we are able to reach every hospital or every rural area in Nigeria, we will be able to attain the target of the Millenium Development Goals