BY: Abubakar Mohammed
Adamawa State Primary Health Care Development
Agency in collaboration with EU/UNICEF is conducting a three day workshop to
develop an Evidence Based Social and Behaviour Change Communication Strategy
and work plan to promote positive social norms in order to improve the uptake
and utilisation of MNCH/PMTCT services in the state. During the three day
session, the participants are expected to deliberate on the current situation
of maternal new born and Child Health, prevention of mother to child transmission,
HTC, EID, PART in the state and highlight the key challenges affecting the uptake
and utilisation of MNCH/PMTCT services.
The objectives of the workshop is to review the existing Social
Mobilization/Communication Work Plan for eMTCT developed in 2013 using the body of knowledge from PHC reviews in
the State and to implement, monitor and reviewed work plan of engagement for
HIV positive social norms to support MNCH/PMTCT uptake and utilization among
women in Adamawa State.
In his presentation the EU/UNICEF
consultant in the state Dr. Bello lamented about the maternal mortality ratio
in Nigeria. 576 deaths are recorded in every 100,000 live births he said and
under five mortality rate is 158 and 128 per 1000 live birth while infant mortality
is 97 and 69 per 1000 live birth “Nigeria
is only 2% of the world population but contribute 10% of world maternal deaths” he said.
Declaring the workshop opened, on
behalf of His Excellency Governor Mohammed Umaru Jibrilla Bindow, the Executive
Chairman Adamawa State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Abdullahi
Dauda Belel thanked the workshop organizers
and urged the participants to stay
focused throughout sessions so that the objectives of the workshop will be realize.
He also use the opportunity to assure that Governor Bindow led Administration will
transform and sanitize the health system particularly the primary health sector.
Investigation also revealed that
presently, the European union and unicef are supporting the implementation of £30
Million euros project in Adamawa and Kebbi states. The project is aimed at
reducing maternal new born and Child Health Outcomes. “This workshop is part of
the project implementation stages” he said.
Participants of the workshop were drawn
from:
a)
Adamawa State Primary
Health Care Development Agency
b) PHC
Authorities of 21 Local Government
c)
State Ministry of
Health
d) State
Ministry of Information
e)
ADSACA
f)
NOA Adamawa State
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