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By Temitope Salami
Ijebu-Ode (Ogun), Sept. 23, 2016 (NAN) A physician, Dr Kayode Opadeyi, on Friday urged government at all levels to increase the budgetary allocation to the health sector in order to strengthen maternal and child healthcare in the country.
Opadeyi, an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Tolulope Specialist Hospital, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun, said doing this would help reduce maternal fatality rate and enhance economic growth.
Opadeyi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ijebu-Ode that inadequate funding of maternal and child health by policy makers was a major hindrance to reproductive health activities and family planning.
“Inadequate health personnel at health facilities are posing serious threat to the provision of quality service delivery.
“With effective use of family planning, unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions would be averted.
“By enhancing the health sector and improving maternal and child health, there would be reduction in healthcare cost, population growth and poverty,” he said.
He also advocated the recruitment of skilled health workers and integration of family planning into other relevant services at health facilities.
Opadeyi stressed that intensifying medical outreaches would help to increase awareness and generate demand for family planning services amongst others. (NAN)
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