Monrovia – In an effort to address the issues of maternal deaths in the country, a Rapid Response Mechanism Project aimed at strengthening community involvement on sexual reproductive health service known as family planning (FP2020) has been officially launched in Monrovia.
According to a statement, the Director of Family Health Division at the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Joseph L. Kerkula who served as Chief Launcher, underscored the need for a comprehensive approach in addressing the maternal and new born babies’ issues in Liberia.
The statement pointed out that Dr. Kerkula stressed on the need for the availability of resources and human capacity building on how to tackle pre-natal problems in the country.
He said though there are challenges, the Government and its partners should exert efforts in addressing the material rate and mortality in Liberia.
The release stated that the Executive Director of the Planned Parenthood Association of Liberia (PPAL), Mitta Kiawu Cojolo, speaking earlier, disclosed that the maternal mortality rate was high from 2007 to 2010 between 994 to 1,072/100,000 live births.
She also revealed that 1.9% of the population has been diagnosed with the HIV infection and Aids.
Due to the demand for Sexual reproductive Health and Rights Services across the country, Madam Cojolo said, PPAL’s strategy plan 2016-2019 will leverage on restricted projects income to attain maximum, coverage of sexual and reproductive health services, where there are growing demands for SRH/R services especially in the South-eastern and northern regions where the roads are deplorable and largely inaccessible.
According to the statement, the Executive Director of PPAL who delivered the background of the project indicated that the strategy plan sets the strategic identity, vision, mission and PPAL core values, four outcomes and eight priorities that allow the Association to deliver impact as an SRH/R organization by 2019 and provides focus to setting the operational plans.
