  Midwives Service Scheme (MSS) and SURE-P Maternal and Child Health (MCH) programme a) A total of 9,243 frontline health workers have been recruited, trained and deployed to most underserved communities in Nigeria to increase antenatal attendant coverage, b) 1,500 primary healthcare facilities have been refurbished and supplied with the essential commodities to increase delivery skilled-birth attendant, and c) Over 1.044 million antenatal care visits were made in the 1,000 MSS facilities across the 36 states and FCT, which is a 26 percent increase from 828,922 reported in 2011 to increase postnatal care coverage d) over 141,929 deliveries were carried out by skilled-birth attendants e) over 145,990 women attended family planning clinics between 2012-15 Improving Tertiary Healthcare to bring the country’s tertiary healthcare facilities to international standards a) Upgrading of tertiary health facilities infrastructure (involving the rehabilitation and equipment of Federal Tertiary Hospitals) b) modernisation of two additional hospitals (OAU and UniBen Teaching hospitals) completed and awaiting commissioning c) modernization of Nnamdi Azikiwe University and University of Calabar Teaching Hospitals at advanced stage of completion d) upgrading and accreditation of the four Regional Biomedical Maintenance Training Centres have commenced e) the new trauma centres at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada and the National Hospital (NHA), Abuja are nearing completion. b)   Survival of Children Government’s unalloyed desire to secure the survival rights of the Nigerian child are evident in the numerous activities and efforts that have been put in place, notably:The establishment of Social Mobilization Committees at national, state and local levels, on the immunization of children against poliomyelitis and other childhood killer diseases; Regular de-worming exercises for children in primary schools across the country; Free pre and post-natal medical care for pregnant women, and children up to the age of five years; Iodine and Vitamin A Supplementation Exercises; The “Roll-back Malaria” project; including the popularization of the use of insecticide treated mosquito nets;  Various interventions by states and local governments in cases of abject destitution and hardship, particularly where children are involved;  The promotion of exclusive breast-feeding for the first six months of life;  The promotion of household and community practices for child survival such as parent and community education initiatives; 50