The government of Dr Kayode Fayemi in Ekiti State has reassured pregnant and nursing mothers of its efforts to ensure safe delivery in every government health facility.
Ekiti State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr. (Mrs.) Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, stated this while declaring open a Ten-day Modified Life Saving Skill Training Programme for Senior Health Extension Workers (CHEWs) in Ekiti State.
Dr. Yaya-Kolade disclosed that various studies have shown that countries where skilled birth attendants are very low tend to have high rates of maternal complications and deaths.
“It is my hope that at the end of this training, participants would have acquired needed skills to improve the process and outcome of pregnancy, thereby reducing pregnancy related complications and ensuring safe delivery”. She noted.
The Commissioner, who was represented at the ceremony by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr. (Mrs.) Folakemi Olomojobi, said that the participants would also learn to scale up utilization of health facility services leading to noticeable reduction in Maternal and Neonatal deaths.
Earlier in her remarks, the Chairman State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Chief (Mrs.) Monisola Oloro, said that the ongoing efforts of the Ekiti state government to prevent Maternal and Perinatal Mortality is taking a leading role in the reduction of Maternal, neonatal and child mortality among his counterparts all over the country.
“The purpose of the training is to equip the Community Health Extension Workers with appropriate knowledge on child birth, to improve the skills of CHEWs in Maternal and child health care services and to enable CHEWs acquire skills in early diagnosis and recognition of ‘at-risk’ pregnant women for referral “. The Chairman noted.
Mrs. Oloro urged the participants to make the best use of the opportunity created by the training.
In her remark, the Permanent Secretary, Primary Health Care Development Agency, Pharmacist Olabisi Arogundade, appreciated Dr. Kayode Fayemi for giving priority to the health of Ekiti Mothers and children which now takes prominence in Ekiti health care service delivery under his administration.
Pharm. Arogundade also charged participants to always encourage mothers and pregnant women to patronise government health centres for skilled medical services.
The training is expected to run for ten days at the designated centers across Ekiti State.
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