FG claims health gains as maternal deaths fall 60%

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The Federal Government claims it has achieved all 41 health sector targets, reporting a 60% drop in maternal deaths in areas covered by its new initiative. Read More:…

The Federal Government has claimed that it has achieved all 41 performance targets set for the health sector under President Bola Tinubu’s administration, with 3,526 primary healthcare centres revitalised across the country.

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at the third Nigeria Health Sector Joint Annual Review.

Pate said work was ongoing on another 900 primary healthcare centres, while 19,758 skilled birth attendants had been recruited across 22 states.”

He said the government had also trained 78,054 frontline health workers and increased health insurance coverage from about 16 million to nearly 24 million Nigerians.

“At the beginning of this administration, Mr President set performance commitments for the health sector. I am pleased to report that we have achieved all 41 commitments,” he said.

The minister disclosed that cumulative releases under the Basic Health Care Provision Fund had reached N422.3bn as of October 2026, with N249.5bn disbursed under the current administration.

On maternal healthcare, he said skilled deliveries at supported facilities increased from 4.8 million in 2023 to 7.9 million by the second quarter of 2026, while antenatal visits rose from six million to 8.7 million.

He added that the free emergency obstetric care programme had delivered nearly 100,000 services in two years, including 80,906 caesarean sections and 6,059 vesicovaginal fistula repairs.

Pate said maternal case fatality in areas covered by the Maternal and Newborn Mortality Reduction Innovation Initiative had declined by approximately 60 per cent between 2024 and 2026.

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