Kari Leonard 4:15 pm October 2, 2008
This article is about an official document that was from the Federal Ministry of Health and about the health of the women in Nigeria. The FMOH reports that every 10 minutes one woman dies on account of complications of pregnancy or childbirth. That is 53,000 a year. The majorities of women that die from these complications live and die in developing countries. The First Lady of Nigeria stepped in to do something about it because the women were dying in silence and only the families were dealing with it. She made her total focus on maternal and infant health. She initiated a program in partnership with wives of governors to take the campaign to the communities where the problem was more extreme. Now there is fee maternal services and free infant care from 0 to 5 years of age. This will only solve part of the problem. The major cause of this problem lies in poverty and illiteracy. The understanding and appreciation of maternal health comes with education. The First Lady then made a foundation where state governments were urged to make free primary education for as many girls and boys as possible to increase their literacy. Since then the First Lady has accomplished many more programs for the women and children of Nigeria. To me this seems like there are ways that women are becoming more and more higher status, because the First Lady has accomplished all of these things within her own society. But when you look at it from another point of view, you think to yourself, this is the 21st century and they are just now getting free education for girls and boys to educate them. I feel that maybe the country itself is in an okay state, but maybe it’s just the rural communities with no resources. I never realized that lack of education and programs would have a big impact with the maternal and infant world. You always think of academics and poverty but never how it could affect that.
http://www.triumphnewspapers.com/tiwar2102008.html
2 comments:
It is good to increase education for women in developing countries because the more educated they are, the longer they are to put off marriage an children and by the time they do have children, they should know enough about birthing complications and other birth scenarios that should help.
Its very good that the first lady is doing all of this. The only time that I have heard of a first lady doing something has been in America. Its great to know how other countrys govermenet are to. Also, education is very important and increasing it is essential in different countries.
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