Indications have emerged that the Ortese Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camp in Guma Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state recorded 200 new child births on one month.
This was part of the findings of the Integrated Supportive Supervision, ISS, of the United Nations Children’s Fund, and the World Health Organization, UNICEF/WHO Humanitarian Health Response Outreach implemented by the Benue State Primary Healthcare Board, carried out at the Ortese and Ichwa IDPs camps in Guma and Makurdi Local Government Areas, LGAs, respectively.Speaking on the development, the Executive Secretary of the Benue State Primary Health Care Board, Mrs.
According to her, “I saw a very interesting sight. I’ve been in these camps often as part of our coordination beat and as part of the main role of Primary Health Care. We are part of the major leading partners in supporting the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs camps in terms of providing healthcare personnel who will be providing services to these various camps.
“I saw pregnant women and young children and it seems that there is very high level of fertility and child birth within these camps. We noticed that there are 200 new births per month. It is quite high, and Government needs to do something about it. “But from my discussion with them it seems that they are not utilising the family planning products that were given to them. So we need to intensify demand creation generationOndo Guber: PDP ‘ll win November election — Jegede
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