Its Executive Secretary, Dr Sufiyan Babale, told newsmen in an interview in Kaduna that the women were mostly ignorant on ways to access health care services.
He said this had resulted in their inability to recognise the danger signs in pregnancies.
Babale urged women to identify their strengths and weaknesses during pregnancy, so as to curb complications, which could lead to death.
He lamented that most pregnant women skip ante-natal clinics, which was important to their safe delivery.
Babale blamed the increase in maternal mortality to lack of required manpower for effective medical services.
He said most of the personnel working in the primary health centres were community health extension workers, with limited knowledge of medical issues.
The executive secretary said the state had 1, 011 primary health centres in the 255 wards, but that only 40 per cent of the centres were functioning.
He said the government, in conjunction with the Partnership for Transforming Health Systems, had adopted new strategies to bridge the gap health personnel.
He said that existing health centres would also be rehabilitated under the arrangement.
Babale disclosed that 255 model health centres would be constructed in the state from the proceeds of the Subsidy Re-investment Programme.
The executive secretary said the project would be conducted in phases, beginning from this year.
``We have also partnered with the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, to provide the centres with midwives.
``Because of the partnership, a large number of the midwives have been posted to the health centres.”
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