Aregbesola Gives 15,000 Expectant Mothers Delivery Kits In Osun
No fewer than 15,000 pregnant women in Osun State Monday received delivery kits at the flag off of a programme tagged ‘Saving One Million Lives For Results (SOML forR), Maternal Newborn and Child Health Week and Mama Kits Distribution’ in Osogbo.
Distributing the materials, Governor Rauf Aregbesola explained that the programme is another intervention programme aimed at improving maternal and child health care in the state.
According to him, the programme will help improve maternal and child health indices through improved immunisation coverage which will include: Vitamin A coverage, utilisation of Long Lasting Insecticide Nets, HIV testing, among others.
Aregbesola explained that the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Week (MNCHW) will run throughout the week with Vitamin A supplementation to all children between the ages of six months to 59 months.
He encouraged all mothers to bring their children for Vitamin A Immunization as well as participate in all the activities lined up, while assuring them that the programme is free of charge for the benefit of all children in the state.
The governor noted that with all round development put in place in the state, it will be highly impossible for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to come back to power in Osun.
In his welcome address, Commissioner for Health, Dr Rafiu Isamotu explained that the programme will enable the state improve on the health equipment at various health centers across the state while it will also enable the ministry of health reach out to more people.
He explained that through the programme, the state ministry of health will be able to rate the performance of the health workers in the state.
Dr Isamotu emphasised that the programme will be used to mobilise communities against preventable diseases as health workers will now be compelled to visit more remote villages to reach out to the health needs of the people, particularly in the rural areas.
Dr Isamotu emphasised that the programme will be used to mobilise communities against preventable diseases as health workers will now be compelled to visit more remote villages to reach out to the health needs of the people, particularly in the rural areas.