Family Planning reduces maternal mortality by 30%, enhances nation building, says Johnson

Success Damian:

Dr Taiwo Johnson, Director, Post-Pregnancy Family Planning Project (PPFP), has disclosed that family planning reduces maternal mortality rate among women by 30 percent, adding also that it plays an important role in nation building.

Johnson made the disclosure at a Post Pregnancy Family Planning Project media Sensitisation at Devcoms Office in Surulere, Lagos on Friday.

“Family planning reduces maternal mortality rate among women by 30 percent, it also plays an important role in nation building,” Johnson said.

She also canvassed for the involvement of men in the family planning to reduce maternal mortality among women in Nigeria.

Johnson urged men to encourage their wives to adopt family planning method suitable for them soon after delivery, saying “A woman could get pregnant even when she is breastfeeding if adequate caution is not take”

The PPFP Director said “For breastfeeding to be an effective family planning method, a woman must ensure that her menstrual period has not returned after delivery and also ensure that the baby put to breast on demand excluding water and food supplement.”

Johnson added that PPFP has plan to cover 240 private health facilities in Lagos State before the expiration of the project and currently has presence in 193 private health facilities across 19 local government areas in the state.

She disclosed that Lagos State government needs to work more with private health facilities if the state would attain its goal in achieving quality health for citizens.