This will assist the government in identifying and addressing the probable causes (medical or non-medical), modifiable (preventive) factors and proffer sustainable solutions to reducing the incidences of maternal and child deaths.
Dr Ibrahim Mustafa, Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Primary Health Care Board, said this in a statement signed by Mrs Adetayo Akitoye-Asagba, Assistant Director, Public Affairs Department of the board on Saturday in Lagos.
Mustafa said that the state sub-committee for Community- based Maternal Perinatal and Child Death Surveillance and Response (C-MPCDSR) was in partnership with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Project Aisha.
