Over 58 thousand Nigerian women die annually due to pregnancy complicated cases - RMCH

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Over 58 thousand women die annually in Nigeria, due to pregnancy complicated cases, a survey conducted by Rotary Reproductive Maternal and Child Health, RMCH, has discovered.

This much was revealed during the 4th Online Media Training held from March 1 to March 3, for Health Reporters & Features Writers, organized by Rotary Reproductive Maternal and Child Health RMCH, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health, FMOH and Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria, SOGON.

Our Senior Correspondent, who participated in the Online Media Training, reports that one of the guest presenters, Dr. Samuel Oyeniyi, urged health institutions to always report child maternal cases in Nigeria, in order to have steady data, to be relied upon and to enable proper planning towards handling such cases appropriately.

Earlier in his opening remarks, the National Coordinator, RMCH- Nigeria, Prof. Emmanuel Lufadeju, noted that child birth death was preventable, urging Journalists to carry out research on maternal and child bearing spacing.

He opined that Nigerian's population would hit 400 million by 2050, cautioning married couples and active youths, to take advantage of the use of contraceptives, in order to check the increasing population growth and the future of Nigerian's security and family protection.

A resource person from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, UDUTH/UDU Sokoto, Prof. Abubakar Panti, stated that Nigeria is the  most populated country in Africa and ranks 7th in the world, stressing the need for the country to immediately check its population explosion, through family planning methodologies.

Prof. Panti, noted that Delta State has both lower fertility as well as poverty rates in Nigeria and influences the country’s GDP, adding that Rivers, Imo and Oyo, share similar statistics.

According to him, states with lower contraceptive rate, are poorest in Nigeria, saying: "Low contraceptive rate, contributes to high poverty rate".

Another prominent academic, Prof.  Hadiza Galadaci, in her lecture, said the rate at which midwives and other medical professionals leave Nigeria to other countries, was becoming alarming, leading to shortage of midwives in the country.

He warned that if something urgent is not done to employ the professionals roaming the country, it won't be easy for Nigeria to manage issues concerning Family Planning.

Prof. Chris Aimakhu of University of Ibadan Teaching Hospital, raised concern about poor education and its effect on family planning, calling for increased sensitization to be carried out to re-orientate the mindsets of the people, in order to have wider acceptability of family planning.

Fresh Angle International can report that others who made presentation include; Igbigbi Jacinta, Dr. (Mrs.) Anas Salma Kolo, a Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Ahmadu Bello University & Teaching Hospital, Zaria in Kaduna State, Oladapo Shittu, the Project Midwife, RMCH, Mrs. Omolara Asonibare and Mr. Obaseki.

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