The wife of the Governor of Anambra State Mrs Nonye Soludo has asked households especially low-income families to take full advantage of the ongoing free antenatal care and delivery services in Anambra State.
Mrs Soludo made the call in Awka while assessing the programme report and timetable for the exercise which kicked off yesterday.
The free antenatal care and delivery services are part of the state government’s response measures to the current economic difficulties in Nigeria, following the removal of subsidy on petrol by the federal government.
One of the aims of the exercise is to safeguard mother and child health, while reducing the economic challenges of antenatal services on low-income households.
The free services are available in the three hundred and thirty primary health care centres and all the general hospitals in Anambra State.
Speaking on the exercise, Mrs Soludo said that taking cognizance of the effects of difficult economic realities on crucial services such as antenatal and childbirth, the programme has been carefully designed to have extensive coverage and to also bring in results.
The Governor’s wife explained that what makes the programme unique is that it is easily accessible to every woman, and does not have limitations in terms of accommodation, schedule and results.
She equally noted that those who live in rural and hard to access areas of the state can access the services in rural public facilities, adding that with telemedicine now an active medical response service in Anambra State, the issue of location and terrain had been significantly solved.
Mrs Soludo further appealed to households to take the free antenatal care and delivery services seriously, as the State government is taking strategic actions to ensure that the economic burden of the present time does not weigh Ndi Anambra down.
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