Wife of Niger state Governor, Dr Amina Abubakar Sani Bello, has urged pregnant women on the need for regular visits to health centre for proper medical care as part of efforts to restate government’s commitment in strengthening the process of reduction in child and maternal mortality in the State.
This was revealed by Dr. Amina Sani Bello during the flag off ceremony of the Year 2022 2nd round Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Week/Measles Vaccination Campaign and formal Commissioning of PHC, Bosso low-cost in Minna, the State Capital.
She further urged women in Bosso and neighbouring communities to always visit the new Primary Health Care Centre, to benefit from the facilities which include distribution of insecticide treated mosquito nets to pregnant women registering for the first time.
The Niger State First Lady who also charged women groups, traditional and faith based organisations to always promote the benefits of safe immunization and to ensure door to door advocacy, equally called on all wives of the 25 local government chairmen in the state, to support health care services by providing supervisory and oversight functions at all levels
Dr Amina pointed out that the commissioning of the healthcare centre is a testimony that Niger State Government’s commitment to improve health issues in the state and to improve maternal and child mortality and other health issues .
The Niger State Commissioner of Health and Hospital Services, Dr Muhammad Makusid, said the maternal, new born and child health week is being implemented biannually to sustain awareness on the importance of health of women and children as contained over the years to provide the opportunity for the uptake of lifesaving interventions.
The new centre according to him is equipped with an operations theatre laboratory pharmacy and other units along with the Minimum Service Package (MSP) that include essential edge girl workers to enable the place function optimally as a mobile health care centre.
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