Nigeria: NPC, Health Ministry launch initiative to tackle maternal, child mortality in Ondo

The National Population Commission, in Ondo State, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health, said 13 of the 18 local government areas in the state have been selected to launched the Nigeria Verbal and Social Autopsy Study (VASA) to provide insights into the causes of under-five and maternal deaths in the state.

Addressing journalists in Akure, the National Commissioner (Ekiti State) of NPC, Mr Ayodeji Ajayi, said that the survey was a data collection hampered by an…