The Transition Committee Chairman of Idemili South Council Area, Hon Amaka Obi has assured residents of Anambra state government’s commitment towards eradicating every vaccine-preventable disease, supporting and promoting the health and well being of her citizenry as well as continued fight against common causes of deaths in Pregnant Women and Children.
Hon. Obi while speaking at the Primary Health Center (PHC) Ebenesi Nnobi and Nkolofia Awka-Etiti 1 respectively during the official Flag-off Ceremony for the Maternal Newborn and Child Health Week, charged pregnant women in the council area to embrace antenatal care.
Obi further advised them to frequently attend healthcare facilities during and after delivery and to embrace good healthy living.
ANN gathered that the free medical treatment was initiated by Idemili South Local Government Area was in collaboration with Anambra State Primary Healthcare Development Agency.
Speaking at Ebenesi Primary Health Center, the Secretary Anambra State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Pharmacist Chisom Uchem, commended Hon Amaka Obi for always making the health and wellness of the people of Idemili South a topmost priority and especially for working so hard to ensure that this programme was executed.
Uchem insisted that utilization of healthcare facilities for services remains the right thing to do and should be enjoyed by all. She commended Governor Chukwuma Soludo for his keen interest in the health sector, noting that a healthy nation is a result of healthy children, and that it is better we prevent these diseases than curing them.
In their remarks, the Ward Development Committee representative, Chief Ikemma Aniukwu and the Matron of Ebenesi Primary Health Center, Mrs. Ukpaka F.N. commended Pharm Chisom Uchem and Hon Amaka Obi for organizing the programme.
ANN reports that the medical outreach which is geared towards promoting and ensuring good health for the residents of Idemili South council area saw two malnourished children placed on read-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF).
Other health services such as immunization, birth registration, family planning, distribution of Vitamin A, Vitamin C syrup, routine drugs for pregnant women such as Folic acid, Ferrous sulfate, Calcium lactate, paracetamol and multivitamin tablets added glamour to the event.
