Public Management

Nigeria: UNICEF donates $3.5m medical equipment in Adamawa to reduce maternal mortality

Friday, 14 July 2017 20:22

The United Nations Children's Funds (UNICEF) has donated medical equipment worth N1.2 billion ($3.5 million) to the Adamawa state government in a bid to reduce prevalent maternal mortality.

The equipment includes, 226 baby dressing tables, 220 bed screens, 180 infusion stand, 226 microscope, 300 delivery kits, 200 stethoscope, 300 surgical kits, and 322 examination tables among other items.

This, according to UNICEF, signals the commencement of the second phase of the Maternal, New-born and Child Health project in the state which is backed back the European Union.

Speaking at the donation ceremony in Yola, the Chief Field Officer of UNICEF, Abdulahi Kaikai explained that the project aims to strengthen Primary Health Care and Community Resilience for improved Maternal, Newborn and Child Health and Nutrition outcomes in Adamawa, Bauchi and Kebbi states.

The project is being implemented in the 226 Primary Health Care facilities and catchment communities located at the ward headquarters in the 226 wards in the 21 Local Government Areas of the state. This project will run from 2017 to 2020 and build on the gains recorded in the first phase of the project in improved and Sustainable Primary Healthcare Center per Ward policy of the federal government,” he said.

For his part, the State Governor, Muhammed Umaru Jibrilla, noted that the present donation comes after the declaration of a state of emergency in Adamawa’s health sector.

Anita Fatunji

Additional Info

  • communiques: Non
  • couleur: N/A
On the same topic
DRC launches campaign to diversify investors in government securities 98% of bonds now held by banks; aim is to reduce risk and broaden...
Verdant Capital has invested $3 million in Nigerian fintech Bfree to help recover distressed loans in Africa. The deal will allow Bfree to...
Côte d’Ivoire will receive $234 million for a sustainable urban mobility project in Abidjan. Gambia will receive $32.2 million to build...
Stanbic IBTC and Zenith Bank cut monthly card spending abroad to $500 and $200 Foreign reserves fall by $3.5 billion in six...
Most Read
01

• Inflation within the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) fell to a two-year low of 0....

UEMOA: Inflation Drops to 0.6% in May, Driven by Lower Food Prices
02

• Qatar Airways and Kenya Airways establish strategic agreement, introducing a third daily flight be...

Qatar Airways Expands its Network in Africa, Building Presence in Kigali, Johannesburg, and Nairobi
03

• Interbank volumes rose 18.7% in May, while rates declined across the market• The BCEAO cut its mai...

WAEMU Sees Easing Conditions on Regional Interbank Market
04

• EY is preparing to leave Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa by 2026• The exit could unlock $500 m...

EY’s Exit Creates $1bn Opportunity in Francophone Africa Consulting Market
05

As cybersecurity asserts itself as a pillar of digital sovereignty in West Africa, technology-free z...

Cybersecurity Key to Côte d'Ivoire's Tech Future– VITIB's N'ZI
Enter your email to receive our newsletter

Ecofin Agency provides daily coverage of nine key African economic sectors: public management, finance, telecoms, agribusiness, mining, energy, transport, communication, and education.
It also designs and manages specialized media, both online and print, for African institutions and publishers.

SALES & ADVERTISING

regie@agenceecofin.com 
Tél: +41 22 301 96 11 
Mob: +41 78 699 13 72
Média kit : Download

EDITORIAL
redaction@agenceecofin.com

More information
Team
Publisher

ECOFIN AGENCY

Mediamania Sarl
Rue du Léman, 6
1201 Geneva
Switzerland

 

Ecofin Agency is a sector-focused economic news agency, founded in December 2010. Its web platform was launched in June 2011. ©Mediamania.

 
 

Please publish modules in offcanvas position.