Two months after the traditional marriage ceremony between Mr. and Mrs. Anthony and Nkechinyere Agbasi was formalised, Mrs Agbasi conceived. The entire Agbasi family received the news with excitement. Considering the African culture that perceives children as divine gifts from God, families, relations, friends and colleagues looked forward to the save delivery of the baby.
A group of Civil Society representatives and media practitioners have called for effective implementation of the National Health Act 2014 amongst other policies, laws and commitments aimed at improving access to maternal health care in Nigeria.
The group made this call during a CS-Media forum organised by Development Communications (DevComs) Network in Lagos on the 5th of February 2015. The CS-Media forum is an activity under the MacArthur Foundation-supported project: bridging the gap between CSO and media to demand accountability in maternal health in Nigeria.
Engages CSO leaders as RMNCH champions
The need to have credible, passionate and competent Civil Society leaders advocating for improved Reproductive Maternal Newborn and Child Health (RMNCH) has been identified as a key step in addressing maternal and child health challenges in Nigeria.
This report highlights the thoughts of Dr. Joe Odumakin on the need to avoid needless deaths of women and children. According to her, improving access to maternal health means fighting poverty, synergy between government and other stakeholders, sensitization and empowerment of women and better attitude of health workers.
Call for Application (Deadline August 2, 2014)
Representatives of the Lagos State Ministry of Health ambulance service, civil society organisations, health workers and other stakeholders have highlighted the need to have a single functioning ambulance agency to save lives of emergency victims including maternal health related ones.
