How We Support Flood-affected Communities, Pregnant Women –NGO

Rural Well being Mission Nigeria‘s chief govt officer, Mohammed Sadiq, has highlighted the organisation‘s efforts to offer healthcare help to communities affected by flooding in Gombe, Bauchi, and Yobe states.

Talking at a press convention, Sadiq defined that the help is underneath their group undertaking, the ‚Group Restoration and Resilience Undertaking,‘ which is funded by the Centre for Catastrophe Philanthropy, a US-based organisation.

In line with him, the intervention goals to strengthen healthcare infrastructure in rural communities susceptible to pure disasters, particularly flooding, which destroys amenities, prevents entry to high quality well being companies, and causes outbreaks of cholera.

He famous that final 12 months, extreme flooding hit a number of communities, together with Mai Kaho in Gombe, Gamawa in Bauchi, and Nangere in Yobe, leading to vital injury to well being amenities.

Sadiq revealed that six well being amenities have been fully destroyed in Gamawa, whereas seven have been flooded in Nangere. In Mai Kaho, just one well being facility remained operational.

In response, he said that the Rural Well being Mission Nigeria has renovated the well being amenities: one in Gamawa and one other presently underneath renovation in Nangere. He mentioned the organisation offered a water provide to the Mai Kaho main well being care centre.

Along with infrastructure help, the organisation, in accordance with him, additionally focuses on maternal healthcare by distributing life-saving delivery kits to pregnant ladies within the affected communities.

„A complete of fifty pregnant ladies in every group obtained the kits, together with some monetary help, to make sure protected supply and cut back maternal mortality charges.

„The Group Restoration and Resilience Undertaking underscores Rural Well being Mission Nigeria‘s dedication to enhancing healthcare entry and outcomes in underserved rural communities“, he mentioned.