The Anambra state government has
assured the reduction of neonatal, maternal, child morbidity and mortality rate
with quality health service delivery in the state.
Dr Joe Akabuike, Commissioner for
Health made the disclosure to newsmen in Awka on Thursday.
He said that the state government
had planned first round maternal, newborn and child health week from June 29 to
July 3 for preventative routine services in the primary health care centres and
outreach mechanism.
He said that it was aimed at improving
immunization coverage of routine vaccines, vitamin A, long lasting insecticide
nets and other child survival interventions for children 6 to 59 months.
Akabuike said that the three key
interventions for the last round of November 2014 was vitamin A 97 per
cent, iron folate 34 per cent and albendazole (De-worming) 32 per cent.
He said that ten rounds of
routine immunization had been implemented successfully in the state since the
approval of bi-annual maternal newborn and child health week in May/June and
November/December every year by the National Council on Health at Asaba in
2010.
According to him, the exercise would
hold in all government health care centres and other designated posts, pointing
out that the vaccines are free and safe.
The commissioner urged the
caregivers to avail themselves of the opportunity to ensure their children
receive the interventions, while also calling on the pregnant and women of
child bearing age to visit the health facilities to assess health care services.
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