FCTA unveils health projects to improve maternal health

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has launched the distribution of the ‘Renewed Hope Mother–Baby Kits Initiative’ and the ‘Abuja Breathe Fresh Air Project’, aimed at improving maternal health and household air quality. FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, inaugurated the two projects on Wednesday at Asokoro District Hospital, Abuja, as part of activities […]

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has launched the distribution of the ‘Renewed Hope Mother–Baby Kits Initiative’ and the ‘Abuja Breathe Fresh Air Project’, aimed at improving maternal health and household air quality.

FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, inaugurated the two projects on Wednesday at Asokoro District Hospital, Abuja, as part of activities marking Nigeria’s 65th Independence Anniversary.

Mahmoud explained that the initiatives, tagged “Wike Renewing Hope: One Baby at a Time, One Home at a Time,” were being implemented in collaboration with IHS Nigeria.

She described them as a holistic approach to healthcare and environmental sustainability, protecting mothers and newborns during childbirth while reducing the dangers of household air pollution.

“No woman should face childbirth without the tools and support she needs, and no child should begin life without adequate care,” she said.

According to her, the free Mother–Baby Kits contain essential medical supplies and consumables to support safe labour, delivery, and neonatal care across the FCT.

Highlighting the environmental aspect, Mahmoud described the Abuja Breathe Fresh Air Project as a “bold, forward-looking” initiative to reduce indoor air pollution in vulnerable households.

Earlier, Dr. Adedolapo Fasawe, Mandate Secretary, FCT Health Services and Environment Secretariat, decried the country’s persistently high maternal and infant mortality rates.