The Canadian Authorities in collaboration with United Nations Youngsters’s Fund (UNICEF) has offered Bauchi State with over 4,300 bottles of ‘Vitamin A’ which interprets to 1,405,400 doses, valued at N65 million.Additionally, UNICEF has prolonged direct money help of N31.6 million to the state authorities by way of the State Main Healthcare Improvement Board, to assist well being interventions for kids.
The chief of discipline officer, UNICEF Bauchi, Dr Nuzhat Rafique, said this on the launching of the second spherical of the 2024 Maternal, New child and Youngster Well being Week (MNCHW) in Bauchi yesterday; she reiterated their dedication to safeguarding the lives of ladies and youngsters to make sure a wholesome society.
The MNCHW is a week-long initiative offering healthcare interventions to pregnant girls, lactating moms, infants, and youngsters beneath the age of 5.
On her half, Bauchi State first girl, Hajiya Aisha Bala Mohammed, emphasised the important position girls play in bettering household well being and urged them to domesticate nutritious meals of their backyards to guard their youngsters and households from malnutrition.
Aisha emphasised the dedication of the current administration of Governor Bala Mohammed in the direction of bettering the healthcare system within the state and known as on dad and mom to avail their youngsters the chance to learn from the myriad of interventions being offered.
Additionally talking, commissioner for Well being, Dr. Sani Mohammed Dambam, highlighted important progress made by the state, as mirrored within the newest information from the 2023/2024 Nationwide Demographic and Well being Survey (NDHS).
He said that the state’s immunisation protection for kids aged U-5 had improved from 33% within the NDHS (20I8) to 58% within the 2023/2024 information.
Dambam careworn that equally, Penta 3 vaccine protection elevated considerably, and protection for measles vaccines rose from 7% within the 2018 NDHS to 27% within the present survey.
He recommended the Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, for exhibiting a robust dedication to addressing well being challenges by prioritising well being as a central pillar of his administration in the direction of bettering healthcare infrastructure and growing budgetary allocation to the sector.
The commissioner, nevertheless, acknowledged the rise in maternal mortality charge, and he known as for deliberate efforts in the direction of arresting the disturbing indices.
In his remarks, the chairman of Bauchi State Main Healthcare Improvement Board, Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, emphasised the necessity to guarantee good hygiene amongst girls, which, based on him, helps tackle numerous illnesses in society.
