UNICEF, WHO, others to support Kaduna on maternal, child health

• Published date: 20 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), World Health Organisation and other development partners on Wednesday pledged continued support to Kaduna State Government to improve maternal and child health as well as nutrition status in the state.

The other partners included the Society for Family Health (SFH) and Civil Society-Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN).

The development partners made the pledge in Kaduna during the dissemination of November 2022 Maternal Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) Week Report, organised by the State Primary Health Care Board (SPHCB).

Mr Donald Burgess, Chief of Field Office, UNICEF Kaduna, commended the Kaduna State Government for taking ownership of the MNCH Week.

Burgess added that the state was doing well in implementing the bi-annual programme, considering the huge number of pregnant mothers and children reached with different critical services during the week.

'The good thing is that the state is reviewing its performance to determine the challenges, lessons learned and how they can improvise. This is very helpful, and it shows that the state is proactive. UNICEF is one of the key partners supporting the effort and will continue to provide Vitamin A supplements and deworming tablets to improve nutrition indices among women and...