Pregnancy and childbirth are sometimes accompanied by various risks and complications for both the mother and the baby.
Having access to high-quality healthcare can reduce these risks and create a supportive environment for nurturing life.
Several primary factors contribute to maternal mortality worldwide, including socio-economic elements like income levels, education, and race.
Nonetheless, the Department of Health is actively working to address maternal mortality across the country.
Discussions concerning maternal and child health between the Eswatini Health Ministry, the South African National Health Department, and the Mpumalanga Department of Health commenced positively at The Capital Hotel in Mbombela.
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This initiative is aimed to address maternal mortality, child health and exploring potential solutions. MEC for Health, Sasekani Manzini, formally welcomed the delegates from the Kingdom of Eswatini Health Ministry for the two-day event, who were there to learn about these important issues.
Manzini emphasized that this initiative will not only be advantageous for our nation, but will also fulfill its intended role within the global health community.
“We believe that this visit will also create an opportunity for other visits because I was saying Mpumalanga is closer to Eswatini, meaning the people that we are servicing in the province are almost the same, so it is the best province to come and benchmark. I believe that this was the best decision for them to come here and we will also learn from them,” Manzini said.
Rejoice Nkambule, a representative from the Health Ministry of Eswatini, stated that this visit is essential as it will aid their nation in implementing systems that will enable them to tackle the problem.
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“We are here to learn about the various systems that are used to tackle martenal mortality. We are here to also visit hospitals to check if there is a tragedy of a mother dying during child birth and determine what should we do next.
“How do we report on that and lastly, how do we prevent such things from happening because it is important that the mother and child should both live,” Nkambule added.
