Yobe, NURTW, PRINN partner on maternal mortality

Known as Emergency Transport System (ETS), the agreement was reached after series of consultations between the NURTW, the state ministry of health, ministry of local government and chieftaincy affairs, ministry of women affairs as well as a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) known as the Partnership for the Revival of Routine Immunization in Northern Nigeria (PRINN/MNCH). […]

Known as Emergency Transport System (ETS), the agreement was reached after series of consultations between the NURTW, the state ministry of health, ministry of local government and chieftaincy affairs, ministry of women affairs as well as a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) known as the Partnership for the Revival of Routine Immunization in Northern Nigeria (PRINN/MNCH).

As a pilot project, drivers were selected from Yunusari, Bursari and Gaidam Local Government Areas and have already received training from PRINN on how to ensure the success of the programme.

National Chairman of the NURTW Alhaji Sule Hamman said his organisation had a long history of going into partnership with relevant stakeholders in order to make life more meaningful and called on all states that have embrace the initiative to give support to the programme for the sake of humanity.

Commissioner for women affairs Hajiya Asma’u Kolo said the initiative was a “new dawn” for women who have been suffering for long because of poverty which denies them getting access to health facilities on time.

The commissioner for health Alhaji Idrissa Machinama said even though the state government had introduced free medical care for pregnant women and children that are below the age of five, lack of money to pay for transportation had remained a serious problem to many families who out of frustration allow their wives to die at home.