Komisiyar Jihohar Yawan Jama’a ta Kasa (NPC), tare da hadin gwiwa da Ma’aikatar Lafiya ta Tarayya, ta fara aikin binciken Verbal and Social Autopsy (VASA) don rage matan yara ƙarƙashin shekaru biyar da mata masu haihuwa.
An fara aikin binciken a ranar Alhamis a Calabar, inda Alhaji Alex Ukam, Kwamishinan Tarayya na NPC a jihar Cross River, ya jagoranci shirin.
Ukam ya bayyana cewa aikin binciken na yanzu ya biyo bayan binciken da aka gudanar a shekarun 2014 da 2019, wanda yake neman samun bayanai muhimmi don yin manufofin lafiya da zasu taimaka wajen rage matan da za a iya hana.
Aikin binciken zai mayar da hankali kan tattara bayanai muhimmi game da matan mata da yara, musamman kan tafarkin zamantakewa da lafiya da ke sa hakan faru.
Bayanai da aka tattara zasu bayar da haske ga masu yanke shawara don yin manufofin da zasu inganta lafiyar mata da yara a jihar Cross River da sauran sassan ƙasar.
Aikin binciken zai gudana tsakanin watan Nuwamba 4 zuwa Disamba 2024, inda za a rika ƙananan hukumomi 16 a jihar Cross River.
Ukam ya kira ga sarakunan gargajiya da mazauna ƙananan hukumomi su goyi bayan jami’an binciken da kuma shiga cikin aikin binciken.
Ya tabbatar da cewa masu binciken za yi aikin binciken tare da mutuntaka da rikitarwa don tabbatar da tattara bayanai da inganci.