Women
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NIGERIA has endorsed the strategy on women’s and children’s health, and affirms that the initiatives is in full alignment to our existing country-led efforts through the National Health Plan. The strategies were targeted for implementation for the period 2010 – 2015, with a focus on the MDGs in the first instance and the national Vision 20 – 2020.
In this regard, Nigeria is committed to fully funding its health program at $31.63 per capita through increasing budgetary allocation to as much as 15 percent from an average of 5 percent by the federal, states and local government areas by 2015. This will include financing from the proposed 2 percent of the Consolidated Federal Revenue Capital to be provided in the National Health Bill targeted at pro-poor women’s and children’s health services.
Nigeria will work towards the integration of services for maternal, newborn and child Health, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria as well as strengthening Health Management Information Systems.
To reinforce the 2488 midwives recently deployed to local health facilities nationwide, Nigeria will introduce a policy to increase the number of core services providers including community health extension workers and midwives, with a focus on deploying more skilled health staff in rural areas.
— Dec. 8, 2014 @ 01:00 GMT
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