Maternal Health & Child Survival

In the past three years, Her Excellency has been worried about the frightening incidence of Maternal and Infant mortality in Nigeria. She has therefore championed several advocacy moves on this front.

She has hosted several meeting of stakeholders in family health while she has also attended several conferences aimed at improving maternal and child health within and outside Nigeria.

At one of these conferences titled;Women Deliver in october 2007,she spoke at a forum organised by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on the various medical and
socio-cultural reasons why the sad occurance of maternal and infant mortality persists in. She also nudged donor agencies on the need to be properly focused in their area of intervention and give priority to the needs of communities where such programmes are to be initiated. Mrs.Saraki believes that the education of children,be they boys or girls
is the key to emancipation of our people from lack want and disease. Through her lectures newspaper article she has continued to advocate that the education,
empowerment of women and the integration of issues affecting the health of women and children as fundamental to reducing maternal and infant mortality.

Towards the attainment of millennium development goals 4 and 5, her exellency is currently partnering with the federal ministry of health and other development partnars in
several areas including the institution of adequate data collation meechanism in the health system. she has vowed that the attainment of these MDG goals and the reduction of mortalities and morbidities will continue to be her commitment until the goals are reached.

Currently, the wellbeign Foundation advocates for a new vista in the collation and management of data on the health of mothers and children inthe country,
with the expectation that in a few years,improved data gathering will enhance policy planning and formulation on maternal and infant health.

The global partnership for maternal,Newborn and child health and paediatric association of Nigeria are some of the regular partners in her work on maternal and child health.