Fatima Mohammed-Lawal
The Kwara Government is targeting some two
million children and 800,000 pregnant women for free drugs, medical
consumables, and other routine services during its Maternal, Newborn, and Child
Health Week.Dr. Nusirat Elelu, the Executive Secretary of the state Primary Health Care Development Agency
Dr Nusirat Elelu, the Executive Secretary
of the state Primary Health Care Development Agency, made this known at the
launch of maternal, newborn, and child health week.
Elelu said the state government would
distribute free, high-impact health interventions in its health facilities.
She noted that the decision to observe a
weeklong distribution of the high-impact health interventions was taken by the
National Council on Health.
According to her, the state is targeting
these vulnerable groups across the 193 wards of the state.
“During this week-long event, 10
high-impact and life-saving interventions targeted at improving the health and
the general wellbeing of our mothers and children would be delivered across all
nooks and crannies of the state for FREE
“These interventions range from vitamin A
supplementation, intensification of immunisation, de-worming, antenatal
services, family planning services, HIV testing, malaria services, birth
registration, health promotion on key household practises (KHHP), and many
more,” she said.
Elelu said the programme is aimed at
reversing the trend of unacceptable high morbidity and mortality rate among
mothers and children.
She added that the programme had in the
past recorded success in improving the health status of women and children in
the country and in Kwara.
The executive secretary, appreciated
development partners like the World Bank through the ANRIN project, and UNICEF,
as well as the state government and other stakeholders supporting the
programme.
She called on all mothers and caregivers to
bring their children to the nearest health facility and take advantage of the
“week dedicated to mothers and children by the state government.” NAN
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