CHINEZE George-Ileka, the UNICEF Focal Person, Anambra State Ministry of Information and Communications Strategy, has urged Volunteer Community Mobilisers, VCM, to improve sensitisation outreach ahead of the Christmas season.

This is as a result of worry over decreasing number of child delivery at some Primary Health Centres in Ayamelum Government Area.

George-Ileka gave the advice on Oct. 26, 2017 at the council’s secretariat, Anaku during the July, August and September appraisal meeting for UNICEF VCM and the OIC’s.

She said this would beef up the number of pregnant women that give birth at the Primary Health Centres in communities.

George-Ileka said she was not happy that some pregnant mothers after attending ante-natal at Government-approved health centres were still delivered of their babies by Traditional Birth Attendants, TBA, in spite of dangers associated to it.

“Increased child delivery in government health centres in LGs after high attendants for anti-natal will reduce mortality and morbidity rates.’’

George-Ileka, however, tasked the UNICEF VOMs working in communities to always put in their very best toward the humanitarian service they render.

She enjoined them to carry out their work religiously, so as to win the hearts of many pregnant women and avert violence.

She, then, urged nurses at the Primary Health Centres to perform humanitarian work sometimes, especially to those pregnant mothers who could not afford to pay for child delivery services.

“It is not every pregnant mother in rural community that can afford to pay the little amounts charged at government primary health centres,” she counselled.

– Oct 31, 2017 @ 13:16 GMT |