For mothers and newborns, the difference between having an essential commodity within reach and discovering a stock-out at the point of care can be critical.
A Quarter 2, 2026 assessment of maternal and newborn health commodities in Rivers State found gaps in commodity Management, which could lead to expiry, wastage and Stock-outs even as several other essential medicines recorded relatively high availability.
In addressing these gaps, the Rivers State Primary Health Care Management Board conducted a four-day training on Maternal and Newborn Health Commodity Logistics System and Tools, bringing together 105 health workers from 50 PHC facilities.
The focus was practical : strengthen stock management practices, improve record-keeping, align commodity consumption with service data, identify early warning signs that lead to expiry stock-outs and wastage as well as timely replenishment of stock.
For our health workers, this means moving from reactive to predictive supply Chain management
The intended result is simple for mothers and newborns : Rivers PHC facilities are better prepared to provide quality care when it is needed.