From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse
The National Population Commission (NPC) in collaboration with Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), commenced 2024 Verbal And Social Autopsy (VASA) study in Jigawa state.
Speaking at the press conference organised by the commission, the National Population Commission’s federal Commissioner, Alhaji Garba AG Zakar said, the exercise will cover 34 clusters in 23 local government areas of Jigawa state.
The federal commissioner who is represented by the NPC state director Alhaji Kassim D. Muhammad said, the exercise will have a lasting impact on the well-being of mothers and children across the state and the entire nation at large.
According to him, the VASA Study is a crucial survey designed to provide insights in the causes of under five and maternal deaths in the Communities, adding that it will provide valuable information that helped shape health policies and interventions aimed at reducing preventable diseases.
“The study is follow up to the 2023-2014 Nigeria Demographic and health that was concluded in May this year, they will be going back to the NDHS households to ask for information that will help the government understand and plan to address the biomedical and social causes of deaths of children under age of five and women of reproductive age”.
“In Jigawa state, we have benefitted from the strong collaboration between the NPC, FMOH and our valued state partners to successfully implement health-related projects in the past, and we are confident that this collaboration Will once again ensure success for the VASA Study”, he said.
He maintained that, the exercise already commenced in some selected Communities through out the state between 4th November to 15th December 2024.
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