The United Nations Children’s Funds ( UNICEF has ended its five-day medical outreach in communities ravaged by the 2022 flooding in Anambra State.
Speaking on behalf of the community during the grand finale of the programme at the Umuoba Anam Primary Health Centre( PHC) in Anambra East Local Government Area of the state, the officer in charge of the centre, Patience Okoye hailed UNICEF for its assistance to the community.
The outreach programme which was sponsored through Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and Central Emergency Relief Fund (CERF), according to Okoye involved immunization of children and administration of COVID-19 vaccine to adults, especially women.
Okoye noted that UNICEF introduced several things including distribution of ‘pluses’ such as biscuits, soaps and noodles that made the outreach programme attractive to the people and identified power supply to store the vaccines as part of the challenges they were facing requested UNICEF to assist in that respect by providing them with solar energy power supply to enable them to keep their vaccines in a healthy state.
Also speaking, Mr Edwin Anekwe, the Ward’s Development Chairman hailed the health workers in the PHC, especially, Ms Patience Okoye, whom he described as down-to-earth and accommodating person which he said made the five-day outreach programme seamless and successful.
Enekwe implored UNICEF and other donor agencies to assist the PHC with a borehole to assist in the arrears of water sanitation.
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