The Saif Advocacy Foundation has raised concerns over the high rate of maternal and neonatal deaths in Gombe State, attributing it to the lack of access to antenatal care for pregnant women.

Speaking on Wednesday, the foundation’s Programme Officer, Farida Mohammed, harped on the need for men to support their wives to benefit from ANC.

Mohammed, who spoke during a media parley on community engagement on maternal newborn health and sexual reproductive health, funded by the Clinton Health Access Initiative, called for collaboration between religious and traditional leaders to spread the importance.

She said, “It’s unfortunate the project is just for three months, and this particular engagement is supposed to happen more than three times to discuss a lot of issues and try to support these issues in our context.

“Access to ANC will go a long way in reducing child and maternal mortality. For our own engagement, we have tried to engage traditional and religious leaders at the community level.”


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