She attributed this to misplaced priorities by parents and the absence of effective health care delivery in Primary and secondary healthcare facilities and even tertiary health care institutions, which  have become  mere referral centres is worsening the healthcare system in the country.

To effectively tackle and overcome health care delivery challenges, she said, there should be effective planning alongside other relevant sectors and should not be seen as business as usual but brought under frequent scrutiny by the relevant supervisory authorities to find lasting solution, adding that the bulk of healthcare delivery challenges relate to issues encountered in the process of reducing maternal and child mortality rate which has become intractable.
 
“From the womb to the tomb, there are clinical conditions which could be prevented jointly by the patient and the healthcare team and a well spaced family through the use of family planning will ensure that babies have a better chance of survival which is not the case in most Nigerian societies”, she added.
 
She said the recent spate of kidnappings, terrorist activities, incessant killings across the country have had psychological, emotional and social trauma on the people which have aggravated the health situation of people of all ages in many communities.
 
Accordingly, she advised government to also intensify effort in this direction to ensure a peaceful, better health care system and healthy environment for the citizenry.

Source: Guardian