Health

Maternal Mortality: Ibidero Comes to the Rescue

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By Oluwatoyin Adegoke

Fifteen thousand Pregnant women are to benefit from the Ogun State government free delivery programme tagged “Ibidero” as part of measures put in place to improve the state’s maternal mortality index. 

Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker disclosed this in Abeokuta, the state capital, while speaking to newsmen on the new scheme.

Dr Coker noted that the initiative was a health insurance scheme targeted at vulnerable indigent pregnant women across the 20 local government areas of the state.

She noted that through the programme, the enrolled expectant mothers would have access to free maternal health services at their assigned health centres, which would reduce the risk of complications during or after pregnancy.

The Commissioner added that “Ibidero” was designed to include a conditional cash transfer whereby the pregnant women captured on the programme get a stipend after delivering their babies at their assigned health facility. 

She however reiterated the present administration’s commitment to providing affordable, qualitative, and accessible healthcare for all.

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Health

Stakeholders Seek End To Maternal Mortality

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Coalition of Ogun Women on Maternal Health initiative has called on the state government to strengthen policies that will end Maternal mortality especially at the rural areas across the country.

They made the appeal during a stakeholders meeting at Ijebu Ode, Ogun State.

Addressing the participants, the Chairman, National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, Ogun State Chapter, Comrade Funmilayo Solarin said the re- introduction of Midwives Service Scheme to cater for the hinterlands would help to reduce the number of people trooping to urban areas to access health services.

She maintained that the programme being implemented in Ogun State through the collaborative efforts of both the Federal And State governments was stopped in the year Twenty fifteen. 

Comrade Solarin equally called for prompt payment of Salaries, enhanced welfare package and improved security across the country in the bid to address the problem of brain drain in the public health sector.

Also, The Secretary, Ogun Women for Health Initiative, Alhaja Adeyemi identified poor infrastructure as well as the lack of equipment and personnel at many of the rural health facilities as major causes of maternal mortality. 

In the same vein, a representative of civil society organisations in the state Mrs Moji Akinsanya suggested the need for advocacy visits to enlist the support of stakeholders towards identifying and addressing the bottlenecks affecting women’s health management. 

Modupeola Sobukola

Health

Ogun Govt. Tasks Traditional Birth Attendants on Professionalism

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 In a bid to ensure the standard practice among traditional birth attendants, TBAs, the Ogun State Government has organised a day training programme to build their capacity on professional ways of handling birth deliveries and other activities.

Speaking at the training programme held in Abeokuta, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker explained that the training was another demonstration of government’s belief that activities of the TBAs were crucial to the development of the health sector.

Represented by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Ekundayo Ayinde, Dr Coker noted that effective engagement of TBAs in relevant training would further reduce maternal mortality and morbidity rates drastically, for the state to record better health indices.

She stated that the Prince Dapo Abiodun-led administration was determined to provide necessary logistics and guidelines at standardizing the practice of Alternate Medicine practitioners in the state to enable them to compete favourably with their counterparts across the world.

 Chairman of the State Alternate Medicine Board, Mr Nurudeen Olaleye, in a remark, said it was expedient for the Board to equip practitioners in the sub-sector with updated skills to meet up with the best global practices.

Mr Olaleye noted that arrangement was in top gear to provide modern technology and other logistics that would advance their operations.

One of the participants, Mrs. Elizabeth Quadri, who commended the effort of the state government for transforming alternate medicine practice, gave the assurance that members would continue to uphold the ethics of the profession.

Olusegun Folarin