{"id":431197,"date":"2011-05-27T08:30:55","date_gmt":"2011-05-27T08:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/27\/children%e2%80%99s-day-unicef-commends-nigeria-for-national-health-bill\/"},"modified":"2011-05-27T08:30:55","modified_gmt":"2011-05-27T08:30:55","slug":"childrens-day-unicef-commends-nigeria-for-national-health-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/27\/childrens-day-unicef-commends-nigeria-for-national-health-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Children\u2019s Day, UNICEF commends Nigeria for National Health Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"68\">\n<p><strong>By Chioma Obinna<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As Nigeria celebrates its National Children\u2019s Day, today, the United Nations Children\u2019s Fund, UNICEF, has commended the National Assembly for passing the National Health Bill into law. It also called on Preisdent\u00a0 Goodluck Jonathan to quickly assent to the Bill for immediate implementation across the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to the UNICEF Representative in Nigeria,\u00a0 Dr. Suomi Sakai, \u201cthe National Health Bill is the best gift to Nigerian children as they celebrate their day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe health status of children and women in Nigeria remains poor but we believe that with careful implementation of\u00a0 the National Health Act, along with sufficient funding for and close monitoring of the National Strategic Health Strategic Development Plan, Nigeria will take firm steps to reverse this trend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect the National Health Act to translate into the release of much needed funding from national revenues for the health of children and women. Its focus on an essential minimum package of care to tackle the health problems which cause the highest number of death and illness in children and women is highly commendable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sakai pointed out that scaling up the implementation of an essential package of proven, cost-effective and high-impact interventions in all primary health centres will bring Nigeria closer to attaining the health related MDGs.<\/p>\n<p>She said in doing so, \u201cwe encourage the government and its partners to leave no child behind, as this momentum is really about securing quality primary health care with equity\u00a0 for every woman and every child.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Comments are moderated. Please keep them clean and brief.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2011\/05\/children\u2019s-day-unicef-commends-nigeria-for-national-health-bill\/\" title=\"Children\u2019s Day, UNICEF commends Nigeria for National Health Bill\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Children\u2019s Day, UNICEF commends Nigeria for National Health Bill<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Chioma Obinna As Nigeria celebrates its National Children\u2019s Day, today, the United Nations Children\u2019s Fund, UNICEF, has commended the National Assembly for passing the National Health Bill into law. It also called on Preisdent\u00a0 Goodluck Jonathan to quickly assent to the Bill for immediate implementation across the country. 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