FIC Report (Anambra State) – Anambra State Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike has berated healthcare givers who play nonchalance to critical situations and in doing so allow deaths and losses to occur.
He made this known while declaring open the 5-day Anambra State version of the Maternal and Neonatal Mortality Reduction Innovation Initiatives ( MAMII) meeting and Healthcare facilities visitation in Awka.
He said that the reduction of the Maternal and neonatal Mortality rate will happen when healthcare givers see the need to carry out their duties effectively.
However, he commended those who understood that according to him have been called to save humanity and have been in the front of the campaign to save lives vis-a-vis the pregnant women who called at their facilities on a daily basis.
Dr Obidike assured that in Anambra State and with what the government of Professor Chukwuma Soludo has been putting in place in the form of tools for work, employment health workers and the creation of blood banks in primary and secondary Healthcare facilities that cases of maternal mortality has become a thing of the past.
The Desk Officer, Sector Wide Approach (SWAP) on the MAMII Project, Dr Obianuju Okoye, in her opening address reeled out the objectives of the event.
“The Maternal and Neonatal Mortality Reduction Innovation Initiatives (MAMII) is a Federal government led initiative aimed at reducing maternal and neonatal mortality rates in Nigeria.
It seems to introduce innovative solutions to address the underlying causes of maternal and neonatal deaths, focusing on areas such as access to quality healthcare and provision of timely medical interventions.”
On the Minister of Health’s directive on the MAMII nation wide programme, she said, “the Coordinating Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate has given the directive to localize communities with high maternal and neonatal mortalities in Nigeria.”
“Conduct a deep dive into contextual drivers of maternal and neonatal mortality in the communities, explore opportunities therein and identify gaps to addressing the issue while working with the community and all relevant Stakeholders to design context-specific solutions to holistically address issues and fill the identified gaps….”
Signed
Joy N. Chukwurah
FIRC, Awka.
29/09/2025
