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From Charity Nwakaudu, Abuja
Abuja chapter of Rotary Club has called on society to focus on maternal and child health, mapping out health interventions in some communities of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The District 9127 Governor, Dame Princess Joy-Okoro recently led the club to donate delivery items to over 100 women in Masaka community of neighbouring Nasarawa State.
The Rotarian governor said the intervention was part of her concerted efforts to enhance maternal and child health in the FCT and across Nigeria.
She explained that the club decided to extend its charity work to the pregnant women because it is the month of maternal and child health.
“We are here to see our women because this month in rotary is themed maternal and child health. We came to reach out to the pregnant women and those that have delivered and to give them mosquito nets and all the birthing kits. The pregnant women don’t need to go with anything to the hospital for delivery. The total amount we have spent on each item is N50,000 for over 100 people.”
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Idu Jacinta, who resides in Masaka U-turn, appreciated the club, saying, they are God’s sent to her
She said all the delivery items were given to her freely. “I got to know about this through the hospital where I attended my antennal,” she said. Christina Danjuma, another beneficiary also appreciated the group, saying she had been having sleepless nights on how to get her delivery items but God used the club to settle the bills.
She prayed for God to bless the club, saying that even the registration fees for the antennal was not easy to get let alone delivery items.
Meanwhile, Medical Director, Masaka Central Hospital/Consultant Gynaecologist, Dr. Emmanuel Anthony, said the club decided to visit pregnant women because it is one of the focal point of the group. He lamented that Nigeria is leading even India in times of maternal mortality and this is why the group is out to help end the menace.
“This is one of the lead focal of the rotary club and we are here to give a helping hand because the way women are dying daily because of childbirth is now alarming,” he said.
