UDUAGHAN HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SCHEME GETS A BOOST

The Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has again been commended for his administration’s holistic approach towards the development of the State, especially in the area of health care delivery.

The Coordinator of the Best Sisters Health Association in Okpanam in Oshimili North Local Government Area, Mrs. Patricia Ideh gave the commendation in Obiaruku during a malaria preventive/ control programme held in six communities in Ukwuani Local Government Area as part of its rural health service delivery.

Mrs. Ideh said that the free rural and maternal health care delivery for children under 5 years and pregnant women  Scheme of the state government had continued to yield positive result, adding that the health sector in general had been  given a face lift by the Uduaghan Administration.

She maintained that the programme, which was held in Obiaruku, Amai, ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Umutu, Ezhionum, Umuaja   and   Owa- Abbi was geared towards enlightening the rural populace on the malaria control and preventive measures, saying that when the symptom is noticed on time, it was advisable for them to go to the hospital for treatment, even as she advised the people to always use mosquito treated nets.

Mrs Ideh stated that malaria had been responsible for several cases of early death among children, emphasising that many pregnant women had lost their pregnancies through malaria, just as she disclosed that the Best Sisters Health Association had been giving empowerment to women, especially widows in order to discourage them from indulging in prostitution and procurement of educational materials for less privileged children among other categories of persons in the society.

Those who benefitted from the malaria preventive/control programme included market women, school children corps members and youths in the communities among others.