Anambra governor’s wife, Mrs. Nonye Soludo, has reassured her commitment to being in front of the campaign to protect women, children, and girls in Anambra State from every form of abuse and violence.
The governor’s wife stated this when she received a team of partners led by IPAS Nigerian Health Foundation at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia.
The guests, made of up members of IPAS, Anambra State Ministry of Health, Justice, Budget and Economic Planning, World Health Organization, Who came from policymaking meeting where it resolved to adopt two key policy documents into the Anambra legal books.
The two policy documents are drafts for medical management of cases of violence against women and management of safe termination of pregnancy for legal implications.
Addressing the group, Mrs. Soludo explained the need to harmonise their activities across all fronts so as to ensure that the documents are not only launched but are comprehensively implemented.
She pledged to support the policy through far-reaching advocacy .
The governor’s wife equally noted that her non-governmental movement, Healthy Living with Nonye Soludo, is doing a lot towards pushing for sound reproductive health, explaining that abortions could become necessary when pregnancies have dangerous effects on health.
Earlier in his speech, the leader of the team, Professor Bryan Adinma, explained that the team is carrying out an important task of adapting the existing acts that are in the federal domain into Anambra law.
He said that there are five steps to the programme; getting into the state, training of stakeholders, generating a draft document and validating the documents, launching of the programme and training of health workers on the documents, adding that the goal in the end is to carry out the exercise seamlessly to benefit everyone in the state.
The IPAS Policy Associate, Dr Olajumoke Olufunminiyi, commended the governor’s wife for using her healthy living crusade to make great impact on mankind and explained that she would play key roles in launching and domestication of the documents in Anambra State.
On his part, the Anambra State Coordinator of World Health Organization, WHO, Dr. Bonos Muhammed said that the organization will continue to support the state in its drive to achieve excellent health policies.
Earlier in his remarks, the Director of Public Health, Anambra State Ministry of Health, Dr. Afam Anaeme said that the group is looking to domesticate two critical national documents in Anambra, which are medical management of cases of violence against women and management of safe termination of pregnancy for legal indications.
The Acting Solicitor General of Anambra State, Mrs Ndirika Onyekwelu, the Anambra State Reproductive Health Coordinator, Dr Uju Okoye, the Family Planning Coordinator, Ministry of Health, Mrs. Amara Ezeokenwa, among others, were among the visiting team.
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