The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has donated a total of one thousand, two hundred and twelve delivery kits to the Anambra state government.
Receiving the kits on behalf of the State government, the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Afam Obidike noted that during the 2022 flood menace, the wife of the governor of Anambra state, Dr. Nonye Soludo who is passionate about the plights of mothers and pregnant women in the state, personally produced and donated about one thousand delivery kits and pleaded with some Development Partners to support the state government in that regards, of which UNICEF heeded.
Dr. Obidike noted that they witnessed over one hundred deliveries during the last year’s flooding in the various Holding Centres across Anambra, noting that the delivery kits will assist the women in having proper deliveries this time and reduce delivery costs in some areas.
The Anambra Health Commissioner maintained that the kits would be first distributed to hard-to-reach areas in the state, and advised pregnant mothers to always go for antenatal for them to have safe deliveries.
He restated that Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s administration is desirous of uplifting the health indices of the state, even as he pointed out that their mission is to eradicate maternal deaths to the barest minimum in the state.
Earlier while handing over the kits to the Commissioner, the Anambra state Reproductive Health Coordinator, Dr. Uju Okoye said that the delivery kits will help to relieve emergency response to mothers and potential mothers, reduce cost of delivery, reduce maternal deaths and help those who might be affected by flooding to have seamless delivery.
Dr. Okoye disclosed that the distribution of the kits is already ongoing in the state and commended wife of the Governor, Dr. Soludo for her support and doggedness that attracted the donation of the delivery kits by the UNICEF.
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