Family planning key in Reduction of maternal mortality – Ebonyi health Commissioner

Family planning key in Reduction of maternal mortality – Ebonyi health Commissioner

Commissioner for Health on Ebonyi state, Dr. Moses Ekuma has described family planning as the key in reduction of maternal and child mortality.

He stated this when he received in audience members of Family Planning Technical Working Group at Ochudo Centenary City Abakaliki.

Dr. Ekuma who noted that without pregnancy there would be no need for abortion or other complications, said that the importance of family planning cannot be over emphasized.

While the Commissioner promised to do everything in his power to ensure availability of family planning commodities, he advised them to come up with the budget stating how much the commodities would gulp for six months or one year for presentation to the Ebonyi State Governor, His Excellency Rt. Hon. Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru

He was optimistic that the Governor as a health ambassador would grant their request and encouraged them to develop a guideline for counseling certain methods to enable them achieve maximum result.

Earlier, the Family Planning Coordinator, Mrs. Maria Uduma-Orji said that they came to thank him for inaugurating the technical working group and to pay him new year homage as well as give him a pat on the back for his good works in the Ministry.

She said that formerly, the Federal and State Government were contributing money to a basket fund which was given to UNFPA to procure commodity for distribution across the State where it was accessible at no cost.

Mrs. Uduma-Orji explained that presently, the money in the basket fund dropped leading to reduction of family planning commodities adding that States have been mandated to shoulder the responsibility from this year in order not to run out of stock in the facilities and face the adverse effect of lack of family planning.

Lending his voice, the Consultant, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department AEFUTHA, Prof. Justus Eze said that they have done a lot to make family planning work and would not want the gains of the past to be lost.

He maintained that the national mandate requires the State to allocate fund for the procurement of the commodity pointing out that the Ministry would not be able to handle the financial involvement if they must procure the required quantity and appealed to the Commissioner to lead the team to the Governor to share the laudable initiative.

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