By Mohammed Suleiman, Dutse
A lecturer in the Department of Economic Management, Federal University Dutse, Dr Itar Abdul-RazaQ Rilwan has spoken of the importance of family planning in population management, resource allocation, zero hunger and poverty eradication as well as public service delivery for sustainable growth and development.
Riwan was delivering a paper with the theme ” Family Planing/Child Birth Spacing a Critical Components in Population Management, Improving Maternal and New born Child Health, Growth and Sustainable Development ” at a Media Roundtable Meeting, FP stakeholder’s and actors in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital.
The paper highlights issues of family planning stating timing pregnancy to create intervals between the birth of children to improve the overall health and survival of the children and mothers in reducing high rate of maternal and infant morbidity.
The meeting which was organized and supported by TCI and DevComs, was aimed to scale up more strategies in promoting the concept of Family Planning through advocacy, public enlightenment and increased state government support.
According to the Lecturer, children born after adequate spacing tend to have more access to maternal care which could also reduce the cases of malnutrition and stunting rate amongst cases Jigawa state have been battling to control.
“Family that are using child birth spacing tend to have more resources and time to cater for education, health, proper training and Inculcating moral discipline to their children for better upbringing ”
Dr Itar then stressed the need for advocating to government to make Family Planing services accessible and affordable to all families and also embark on public enlightenment on the health and social benefits of child birth spacing for achieving reduction in the high rate of maternal and child death in the society.
In her contribution, TCI representative, Miss Blessings Muhammed said, TCI have been providing support in Jigawa state through four Symantec areas which include, Advocacy ,Demands Generation, Services Delivery and Research/Monitoring/Evaluation for government to achieve sustainable improvement in Maternal and New born Child x (MN CH) outcome.
“Our goal in TCI is to sustain improvements in urban health systems and increase the use of modern contraception. innovative approach to ensure leadership and government-driven programs to scale up, efficiency, and sustainability of FP programs”. Blessings stated
Speaking on behalf of media working group in Jigawa state, Comrade Muhammad Zangina promised to join hands with Government, Partners and other critical stakeholders to support the improvement of reproductive health in all aspects for enhancing Child survival,and family wellbeing.
