Gwamnatin tarayya ta Nijeriya ta fara shirin bayar da cesarean sections (C-sections) mai kyauta ga mata a Nijeriya, a matsayin wani ɓangare na shirin yaƙi da mutuwar mata a lokacin haihuwa. Ministan Haɗin gwiwar Lafiya da Rawa, Prof. Muhammad Pate, ne ya sanar da hakan a wajen taron shekarar shekara na Joint Annual Review na Sektorin Lafiya na Nijeriya, wanda ke gudana a Abuja.
Prof. Pate ya kaddamar da shirin “Maternal Mortality Reduction Innovation Initiative” (MAMII), wanda shi ne wani alƙawarin ƙwazo na rage mutuwar mata da jarirai a Nijeriya. A cewar sanarwar da aka wallafa a hanin hukumar lafiya ta tarayya, ministan ya ce, “Babu wata mace da za ta rasa rayuwarta saboda ba ta iya biyan C-section.”
Shirin MAMII zai samar da C-sections mai kyauta ga mata masu bukata, musamman ma waɗanda suke cikin matakai masu rauni, ta hanyar wuraren kiwon lafiya na gwamnati da masu zaman kansu da aka yi rajista da Hukumar Kula da Asibitocin Nijeriya (NHIA).
Ministan ya bayyana cewa, NHIA, tare da haɗin gwiwa da Hukumar Kula da Asibitocin Primari na Kasa da Hukumomin Asibitocin Jihohi, zai kula da tsarin biyan kuɗi, don tabbatar da cewa masu samar da ayyukan kiwon lafiya za su iya bayar da ayyukan da ake bukata cikin tsari.
Ayyukan ma’aikatan kiwon lafiya a cikin al’umma suna da mahimmanci wajen kirkirar bukata ga ayyukan kiwon lafiya na mata, ilimantar da iyalai game da mahimmancin kulawar haihuwa, da tabbatar da cewa masu haihuwa suna sanin ayyukan da suke samu.
