Health
THE Kano government has set a four-year ambitious target to achieve zero maternal mortality in the state.
This follows a significant reduction in maternal mortality by about 50 per cent, dropping from 1,206 to 570 cases in the last 18 months.
The Commissioner for Health, Dr Abubakar Labaran, said this on Tuesday during the learning and dissemination meeting of Accelerating the expanded adoption of RMNCH innovations and health reforms in Kano State (AEARI) project.
The meeting was being organised by West and Central Africa Health Options (WCA) with support of thd Technical Advice Connect (TAConnect).
Labaran said the state has set a four-year target to address deaths of women during deliveries.
He said the state government has reduced the scourge by 50 per cent using innovations such as E-Motive and others, as part of its determination to achieve zero mortality.
“The directive by Gov. Abba Kabir-Yusuf is zero mortality. And we are not compromising on that.
“We have achieved a lot within the year. We started with maternal mortality of 1,206. Now it has dropped to at least 50 per cent, which is a significant reduction and achievement.
“The Kano state government is committed to this goal,” he said.
Labaran said the state had procured 484 ambulances to be deploy to 484 primary health facilities, to enhance transportation of women in labour.
He said that the state governor also approved the expansion of free maternal mortality commodities to women in labour in the 484 PHCs across the state.
The commissioner highlighted that interventions such as e-motives and calibrated grips reduced maternal mortality in the state.
“In the next one and a half year, we will reduce it further by another 25 to 30 per cent. Hopefully, in the next three to four years, we will achieve that.
“So Kano is on the right path of reducing maternal mortality,” he said.
Also, Dr Ufuoma Omo-Obi, Managing Director and Chief Executive officer, WCA, said the organisation deployed an innovative intervention to the tertiary and primary health facilities in the state, to reduce maternal mortality.
Obi said that 14,000 safe deliveries were recorded through the use of the calibrated drugs for about 4,500, in the less four months.
“And those that progressed to PPH, about 507 of them we were able to treat them.
“In the past, those would have been stark numbers of women dying. And this programme was able to save those women,” Obi said.
According to Obi, the programme is training 800 health workers, and working with skilled bed attendants in facilities to provide a broad range of services.
(NAN)
W.U
July 1, 2026
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