The Nasarawa State Government is collaborating with two NGOs to tackle Family Planning (FP) barriers and reduce maternal mortality in the state.
The NGOs are Pathfinder International Nigeria (PIN) and Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health (PACFaH).
 
A PACFaH Facilitator, Mrs Aanu Rotimi, said at a three-day workshop held on Thursday in Akwanga, that the major strategy to reduce this mortality incidence was to address FP barriers.
 
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the workshop, organised by the three collaborating parties, had the theme: “Development of Nasarawa Costed Implementation Plan for Family Planning’’.
“The aim of organising this workshop is to develop a plan that will be implementable and usable to encourage family planning and thereby reduce maternal and child mortality rate among women in the state,’’ said the facilitator.
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