Hygeia HMO promotes maternal wellbeing with Audrey Pack

Hygeia HMO, Nigeria’s foremost health maintenance organisation is promoting maternal wellbeing through the launch of Audrey Pack for mothers.

Yearly, it is estimated that about 800 women die in every 100,000 live births, making it necessary for new approaches and collaborative solutions to address the high rate of maternal mortality in the country.

To achieve this, Hygeia in partnership with the Audrey Pack Company to provide Audrey Pack for mothers to reduce the rate of maternal and child mortality rate in the country.

Obinna Ukachukwu, executive head for business development and strategy, Hygeia HMO’s said that this special plan which takes care of maternal needs was essential as a private-sector led initiative to improve the quality of healthcare that women get throughout their maternity experience.

“Hygeia HMO has a long term goal to ensure that the vast majority of Nigerians get covered by health insurance and this is an effective way to pool the power of aggregated risks and use it to improve Nigeria’s efforts towards the crucial SDG 3.1 goal to reduce maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births by 2030. HyMat + the Audrey Pack get us closer to bridging that gap,” Ukachukwu said in a statement made available to BusinessDay.

The partnership also ensures that the HMO’s health plan for pregnant women comes with more benefits to help improve outcomes for pregnant women in the country.

Lilian Odim, CEO and founder of the Audrey Pack Company said “in line with the SDG 3 goal, I believe that the health and wellbeing of mothers is an indication of the health and state of a nation.”

“The decline in maternal and child mortality lies in the collaborative efforts between different industries, including the public sector. This is why I am certain that the Hygeia HMO Audrey Pack partnership will take us closer to this goal,” Odim.

Anthonia Obokoh