Ogun Commends Group On Maternal, Child Morbidity Rate
The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Babatunde Ipaye has commended Advocacy Working Group (AWG), Ogun chapel, a non-governmental organization for its concern and roles at reducing maternal mortality and child morbidity rate in the state.
Ipaye showered the encomium at a 2-day training programme organized by The Change Initiative (TCI), for AWG members in Abeokuta.
In a statement issued by the Group’s Media Officer, Mrs. Waliyat Odemakin, said the Commissioner affirmed that the intervention of the group in bringing major stakeholders on board on reproductive health issues particularly Family Planning (FP), had greatly enhanced increase in the Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR), in the state.
“I sincerely want to acknowledge and appreciate the doggedness of this group in its drive to push the health system of the state, to the needful on issues that affect women, children and the family.
In fact, your advocacy efforts has helped the state to record more success on reproductive health which has contributed to increase in uptake of FP contraceptives and quality access to family planning services ”. Ipaye said.
He admonished the group not to rest on their oars but continue to break barriers, to further pave way for the state government, in achieving her cardinal programmes on efficient and qualitative health care delivery, stating that government would continue to embrace ideas and initiatives that were capable of assisting the state’s health system.
Earlier in his presentation, the facilitator for TCI, Dr Olukunle Omotoso emphasized on the need to identify and involve the major key players that could influence effective uptake of family planning, saying the use of “Net Mapping” tool was all- encompassing strategy for proper implementation and purposeful family planning activities.
Omotoso explained that TCI was committed to create enabling environment for FP setting with the vision to accelerate and scale-up positive changes in reproductive health.
