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    Tuesday, July 9, 2019

    Lagos Holds Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Week

    The Lagos State Government is set to reduce child morbidity and mortality rate in the state as it marks the 2019 Maternal, New born and Child Health (MNCH) Week which is geared towards the provision of health interventions surrounding maternal, new born and child health care in the state.
    The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Health, Dr. Titilayo Goncalves who disclosed this while briefing the press in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos on Tuesday stated that the state government remained committed to providing interventions surrounding maternal, new born and child health in the state as maternal, peri-natal and child health is one of the most important issues determining global and national wellbeing.
    Goncalves stated further that the government had put in place various measures to ensure an effective health care system to tackle the twin issue of maternal and child mortality in the state.
    She disclosed that the state government had embarked on integration of low cost, high impact services and packages across the reproductive, maternal, new born and child health which has great potential of creating an effective and sustainable health care delivery for women and children.
    “Lagos State has embarked on integration of low cost, high impact services and packages across the reproductive, maternal, new born and child health (RMNCH) continuum with this having the great potential of promoting access and improving outcomes for women and children”, she said
    According to her, programmes such as Maternal and Child Mortality Reduction, family planning services, prevention and management of HIV / AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis and nutrition services were also being integrated and implemented within the primary health care framework alongside training of health workers and improving on community outreach programs all with a view to promoting adequate health access and improved outcomes for women and children in the State.
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