Administration and Implementation of Child Maternity and Healthcare Services in Nigeria: An Overview of Bokilga

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume III, Issue VI, June 2019 | ISSN 2454–6186

Administration and Implementation of Child Maternity and Healthcare Services in Nigeria: An Overview of Bokilga

Etalong Thomas Alama¹, Chikeleze Abigail Chijindu²

¹Institute for Development Studies, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Nigeria
²Faculty of Clinical Medicine, Enugu State University College of Medicine, Enugu, Nigeria

Abstract: – Child maternal healthcare is one of the major goals of the present administration in Cross River State and Nigeria at large. No country achieves meaningful development without tackling child maternal death, since it is a major concern of all countries especially developing nations. The central argument of this research paper is on the factors militating against the smooth administration of child maternal healthcare and the high death of children, these ranges from poverty, low level of education, inaccessibility of healthcare services, unbooked emergencies, and high patronage of Traditional Birth Attendance (TBA) by natives, hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, obstructed labour, anemia, hemorrhage and infection. The issue of maternal health should be accorded priority through reducing maternal mortality rate by government and other relevant stakeholders.
Functionalist approach to healthcare system is used as a theoretical framework to explain how a society can be understood in its totality as an entity unto itself, emphasizing how the system can work in a different and better way to deliver health outcomes when government spend about 70-80% of the country resources available for healthcare at the point of need of them, this will make a huge difference, especially in the issue of maternal mortality rate.
The researcher purposive selected fifty (50) health workers and one hundred (100) beneficiaries of the scheme to make the sample size 150. The papers concluded by noting that most maternal death are avoidable, if women have access to antenatal care during pregnancy, has trained (skilled care) at labor and both the baby and the mother are under standard medical care during and after delivery, and continue till the first two weeks after delivery.

Keywords: child maternal care, maternal healthcare, mortality rate, administration of healthcare

I. INTRODUCTION

Sustainable development and zero tolerant for maternal health is a major target of every country that intends to achieve human development. Maternal child care is a key indicator of a society’s level of development and the performance of the health care delivery system.

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