By Bashir Hassan Abubakar
Bauchi State Accountability Mechanism for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (BaSAM) has commended Bauchi State Government through the State Health Contributory Management Agency (BASHCMA) for it’s effort in making basic health care services accessible to citizens of the state.
BaSAM also advocates for a more improved and acceptable data collation/reporting on uptake of Child Birth Spacing Services (CBSS) in the state.
The Co-Chair of BaSAM, Mr. Abu John Yusuf gave commendation recently at the end of a workshop meeting for the development of October 2021-March 2022 scorecard of the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHCPF) intervention in the state.
The Coalition further advocates that under 5 immunization and malaria treatment be given critical attention for infant survival and that ANC attendance and hospital delivery be given increased focus to save mothers and babies.
The advocates further stressed that, “efforts should be intensified to scale-up PHCs that provide Primary Care services under the BHCPF for improved health service access for the most vulnerable population of the state”.
Our correspondent reports that BaSAM is coalition, whose membership is drawn from the Civil Society Groups, relevant Government MDAs and the Media. The coalition is being supported by Evidence for Action-Mamaye (E4A) Project, using evidence-based advocacy methods to influence policy makers and other stakeholders into taking decisions that are likely to improve MNCH services and access in Bauchi State.