The Ondo State Commissioner for Heath, Dr Dayo Adeyanju, recently called on `Abiye' Ward
Health Committees to assist in mobilising expectant mothers for ante-natal registration.
Adeyanju made the call in Akure during a meeting with members of the committees and other
stakeholders in the maternal health programme.
He said the meeting was to sensitise relevant committees on the need to mobilise pregnant
women and educate them on the concept of the Abiye programme.
According to the commissioner, the ministry discovers that 40 per cent of pregnant women in
the state do not register for ante-natal, causing problems during delivery.
He explained that it was the responsibility of the committees to ensure that all pregnant
women in the council areas registered in hospitals and assigned to care givers.
Adeyanju said the state government established the Abiye programme because it believed
that adequate attention and health services could save lives of both mother and child at birth.
‘’It is deliveries taken by skilled and qualified birth attendants that can guarantee the safety of
mother and child,’’Adeyanju said.
He appealed to health workers in the state to brace up for the challenges with a view to
ensuring the success of Abiye project.
The commissioner also appealed to religious leaders in the state to assist the government in
informing the people about the importance and the need for pregnant women to patronise
hospitals and avoid quacks.
The News Agency of Nigria (NAN) reported that the Safe Motherhood programme in the state
was launched by the present administration to reduce maternal and child deaths and disease.
Source:ondostate press_release
