Ogun charges agency on maternal/pre-natal death

The Ogun State Government has charged the State Steering Committee on review of Maternal and Pre-natal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) to sustain the high standard record it has set as the

first state in the country to inaugurate a committee to tackle maternal and pre-natal death in the country.

The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Babatunde Ipaye who was represented by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Dr. Nofiu Aigoro, gave the charge while delivering a keynote address at the Annual Review Meeting on Maternal and Pre-natal Death Surveillance and Response System organised by the State Primary Health Care Development Board in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.

Ipaye also urged the committee not to focus only on mortality reviews, but in addition carry out a comprehensive surveillance on unwarranted deaths of mothers and children during delivery.

In his remarks, the Chairman of the Committee, Dr. Moses Alao, assured the state government and the people that the committee would continue to carry out the review of maternal and pre-natal death, learn from its causes and intensify efforts on surveillance in order to avert future occurrence in line with its slogan ‘no name, no blame’.

Also speaking, the Consultant on MPDSR in the state, Dr. Akinkunmi Akinbajo explained that the committee, since its inauguration in 2012, had embarked on the review of MPD, maintaining that efforts are on to control the incident across the state.

He assured that the committee would not relent on its commitment until the set objectives, goals and positive results were achieved in reducing maternal and mortality rate in the state.

Earlier in her goodwill message, the State Advisor for United Nations Population Fund Agency (UNFPA), Dr. Titi Duro Aina, applauded the giant strides of the state government towards eliminating maternal and pre-natal deaths in the state.

Source: thenation