By Felicia Imohimi
Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria-Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health @Scale Project (PSN-PACFAH@Scale) has solicited the support of the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) on reduction of maternal and under-five deaths.
Mr Ibrahim Ayuba, Programme Manager PSN-PACFAH@Scale made the call when the organisation paid an advocacy visit on NANNM on Saturday in Abuja.
Ayuba specifically noted areas of collaboration to include routine immunization, increased access to Childhood Pneumonia and Diarrhoea management in Nigeria as well as family planning.
Other areas of collaboration is the inclusion of Community Pharmacists (CPs) and Patent and Proprietary Medicines Vendors (PPMVs) in the Task Shifting and Task Sharing (TSTS) policy of the government to ensure efficient Healthcare delivery.
Ayuba lamented the poor access to life-saving drugs, blaming such lapses as contributing to 854,000 of the 7m annual under…
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