From Desmond Mgboh Kano
Jigawa State Government has inaugurated a twenty three-member Technical Committee on safe motherhood initiative aimed at reviving and strengthening the programme in the state.
Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Bala Ibrahim, while inaugurating the committee in the state tasked them to undertake a technical review of the implementation of the initiative demand
He also urged them to develop an implementation framework for strengthening quality facility and community based nutrition counseling to care givers for behavioral change
He charged them to undertake situational analysis of Safe Motherhood initiative demand emergency transport vehicles and to develop ways for strengthening referrals and linkages between communities and health facilities among others.
He explained that the programme was first introduced in the 2006 courtesy of a DFID development support programme called PATHS.
Ibrahim disclosed that the members were selected based on their experience and known commitment to the cause of saving lives of mothers and their childrens.
The Chairperson of the Committee, Hauwa Zakari, who spoke on behalf of the Committee members appreciated their appointment and pledged their commitment to the task ahead..