Somali campaign eyes end to preventable deaths - Africa - News - StarAfrica.com
The Somali government, with support of three United Nations agencies and the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), on Tuesday launched two important initiatives and a report to ensure the health and wellbeing of mothers and children.
Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed said that the launch of Somalia’s national Mother and Child Health (MCH) Acceleration Plan to improve maternal and child health, alongside the Campaign on Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa (CARMMA) and the State of the World’s Midwifery Report 2014 represented a milestone for the women and children of the country.
‘For too long we have failed to provide mothers and children with their basic rights to good health and good quality health care,� he said in a statement issued in Nairobi, Kenya on Tuesday.
The MCH Acceleration plan, which is a result of the Saving the Lives of Mothers and Children initiative launched regionally at a high level meeting last year by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA to prioritize the health of women and children will be rolled out in several Somalia regions targeting more than a million children and women.
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