According to @OFFICIALAITNEWS, MIMIKO MADE THE SUBMISSION WHILE DELIVERING A LECTURE AT THE COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES ENDOWED LECTURE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN. HE NOTED THAT TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS SHOULD ONLY REFER PREGNANT WOMEN TO THE PUBLIC FACILITIES BUT NOT TO HANDLE BIRTH DELIVERIES.
MIMIKO WHO IS A MEDICAL PRACTITIONER NOTED THAT ANY FORM OF RECOGNITION GIVEN TO TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS AND EVERY UNTRAINED HANDS IS LIKE COMMITTING NIGERIAN WOMEN TO UNTIMELY DEATH ADDING THAT THE 2012 CONFIDENTIAL ENQUIRY INTO MATERNAL DEATHS IN ONDO STATE REPORT REVEALS THAT OVER 90 PERCENT OF MATERNAL DEATHS WERE LINKED TO MISMANAGEMENT OR DELAYED REFERALS BY UNSKILLED FAITH-BASED OR TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS.
HE EMPHASIZE THAT MATERNAL MORTALITY WHICH HAS BEEN ON DECLINE GLOBALLY HAS BEEN ON THE RISE IN NIGERIA FROM FIVE HUNDRED AND FOURTY FIVE PER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND LIVE BIRTHS IN 2018 TO FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE IN 2014.
HE GIVES THE SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES TO REDUCE MATERNAL MORTALITY AS POLICY TARGETING OF MATERNAL CARE, INCREASED PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDING, ELIMINATION OF FINANCIAL BARRIER, HEALTH SYSTEM STRENGTHENING AND SUSTAINED POLITICAL WILL.
SIMILARLY, THE DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF KWARA STATE, KAYODE ALABI NOTED THAT POVERTY CONTRIBUTES TO THE UGLY STATISTICS OF MATERNAL MORTALITY IN THE COUNTRY ESPECIALLY WOMEN IN THE RURAL AREAS DUE TO LOW INCOME AND LIMITED RESOURCES HARDLY HAVE ACCESS TO QUALITY PRE-NATAL AND POST-NATAL
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