COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF ONE-DAY EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, CSOs AND MEDIA DIALOGUE ON MATERNAL HEALTH ACCOUNTABILITY ORGANISED BY CIVIL SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY CENTRE (CISLAC) WITH SUPPORT FROM MACARTHUR FOUNDATION HELD AT CHIMCHERRY HOTEL, KADUNA STATE ON 2NDNOVEMBER, 2017
Preamble:
CISLAC with support from MacArthur Foundation organized One-Day Executive, Legislative, CSOs and Media Dialogue on Maternal Health Accountability in Kaduna state. The meeting aimed at bringing the state's executive, legislative, CSOs and the Media under one roof to brainstorm and proffer holistic recommendations on adequate, accessible, affordable and effective maternal and child health accountability in the state, within their respective mandates. The meeting drew about 20 participants from the State House of Assembly, Ministries of Health, Women Affairs, Education, Budget and Planning, Civil Society and the Media. After exhaustive deliberations on various thematic issues, the following observations and recommendations were made:
Observations:
1. With 1,944 maternal deaths annually (NHURI, 2011), factors responsible for maternal deaths in Kaduna state include poor Primary Health Care service, socio-economic challenges, poor educational exposure, and dearth of facilities, corruption and lack of political will.
2. Kaduna State Government had in recent times recruited additional health personnel and refurbished some existing but dilapidated Primary Healthcare facilities, primarily to enhance effective healthcare service in the state.
3. Systemic corruption remains an inherited challenge impeding efforts of the State Government in effective maternal health service provision and delivery.
4. Delay in the implementation of existing legislation on health hampers maternal healthcare delivery at all levels.
5. Accountability for maternal health is determined by effectiveness of relevant stakeholders in the performance of their respective mandates, value for money in the provision of maternal health services, confidence in governance and responsiveness to demanding community.
6. Inadequate information sharing on policy performance hinders civil society and the media efforts at tracking and reporting maternal health budget.
7. Poor communication channel on health services to the communities.
Recommendations:
1. Persistent policy and legislative advocacy by civil society to the executive and legislative arms to galvanize issues on maternal and child health.
2. Full involvement of civil society groups in governance process to ensure appropriate dissemination of maternal health information to inform policy and legislative process.
3. Increased media involvement in investigative journalism, dedicated programmes and activities to raise public and policy consciousness on maternal health, giving cognizance of the emerging social media.
4. Effective policy formulation and implementation, and policy transition into legislation to ensure sustainable intervention in maternal and child health.
5. Ensuring accessibility to reliable data on maternal health across the line Ministries, Departments and Agencies to complement civil society engagement, investigative journalism and reportage on maternal health.
6. Embracing the appropriate channels and timing by civil society and the media for maternal health data collation to inform policy and legislative process.
7. Ensuring proper information dissemination by NOA at community level with the involvement of all stakeholders.
Action points:
· Individual re-orientation by civil society groups and the media to ensure appropriate articulation of maternal health policy objectives.
· Ensuing sustainability of the existing maternal healthcare interventions
· Proper monitoring and evaluation of projects and programmes to ensure accountability and effective implementation, especially at grassroots level.
· Development of legislative framework on maternal health to aid legislative process and sustainable maternal health interventions.
· Civil society groups to be mainstreamed in legislative process for constructive participation and contribution.
· Creating synergy between media and civil society for complementary information sharing on maternal health
· Creating a platform for information sharing among the executives, legislative, media and civil society.
· Creation of Civil Society Desk Office in the State House of Assembly to encourage constructive relationship among the legislature, civil society and media relation.
· Advocacy visit to CISLAC Office to support the creation of a legislative, executive, media and CSOs platform in the state.
Signed:
1. Auwal Ibrahim Musa (Rafsanjani)
Executive Director, CISLAC
2. Hon. Dr. Isaac A. Z
Chair, Health Committee, Kaduna State House of Assembly
3. Abubakar S. Galadima
Kaduna State House of Assembly
4. Daniel Ali
Kaduna State Ministry of Health
5. Hauwa Hassan
Kind Hearth Initiative, Kaduna
6. Sekyen Dadik
Africa Media Development Foundation
Auwal Ibrahim Musa (Rafsanjani)
Executive Director
Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC)
Head of Transparency International (Nigeria)
Amnesty International (Nigeria)Board Chairman
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