The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund of has emphasized the need for states to invest more effectively in basic healthcare in order to lower death rates and increase access to healthcare for mother children.
The Guardian reported that over 82,000 women each year pass away from pregnancy-related causes, according to UNICEF Chief of Health, Eduardo Celedes, who noted that this has been a matter for alarm.
With the amount of doctors leaving the country and the fact that 2030, the deadline for completing the Sustainable Development Goals, is only seven years away, he claimed that mobilizing resources and other efforts will be all that is needed to achieve our target.
“The organization’s call to action is focused on three primary areas,” Celedes added. The first is the requirement for states to make more efficient investments in primary healthcare. The second is to achieve universal health coverage, increase the reach of national health insurance, and invest in the most disadvantaged people so they may gain access to it. We are pleading with state governments to provide funding for that as well as with donors.
“Our third call to action is to focus on the most vulnerable, specifically the women who lack access to the most remote locations. We must invest in reaching these folks and have a thorough understanding of the data in order to accomplish that, he said.”
Eduardo also mentioned that Nigeria is about to launch a new HPV vaccine to protect young girls from developing cervical cancer. According to Eduardo, the vaccines will be available and prepared for delivery by November of this year, and they will be given to at least 1.6 million girls enrolled in schools and three million girls who are not enrolled.
