Kaduna Government urged to implement High-Impact Practices for maternal and child health

By Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna

Stakeholders in Kaduna State have called on the government to step up the implementation of High-Impact Practices (HIPs) to improve maternal, newborn, and child health outcomes across the state.

The call was made during a one-day advocacy meeting organised by the Kaduna Maternal Accountability Mechanism (KADMAM) at the State Primary Health Care Board (SPHCB) Conference Hall, Magajin Gari, Kaduna.

Speaking at the forum, KADMAM Co-Chair, Garba Muhammad, acknowledged reforms under Governor Uba Sani’s administration, citing the signing of the Mental Health Law and the ongoing Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) enrolment as proof of political will.

He however warned that preventable maternal and child deaths persist due to inadequate health workers, weak facilities, and poor access to family planning commodities.

He said the real work lies in implementation, funding, and scale-up,” Muhammad stressed, adding that “We must move beyond acknowledging evidence-based interventions on paper to ensuring they are funded, implemented, and monitored effectively.”

Representing the State Primary Health Care Agency, Hassana Muhammad Kudan also identified chronic underfunding, weak supervision, and limited capacity among healthcare workers as challenges. She emphasised the need for stronger policy enforcement to ensure access to family planning services.

The meeting drew participants from the Ministry of Health, budget and planning agencies, civil society, development partners, and the media.


Participants resolved to advocate increased recruitment and training of healthcare workers for HIPs, push for higher budget allocations and effective implementation for family planning and MNCH+N programmes.

The also promised to strengthen HIPs services and community linkages, demand enforcement of Task-Shifting and Task-Sharing (TSTS) policies, promote continuous training and mentoring of supervisors across facilities and advocate improved data documentation, monitoring systems, and availability of emergency kits in all health facilities.