UNFPA trains, empowers health workers to tackle flood, rape, others vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
The one-week long training of health care workers on Minimum Initial Service Package and Clinical Management of Rape for reproductive health responses in humanitarian crisis situation is a collaboration between the Delta State Ministry of Health and United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, through its implementing partners, the Royal Heritage Health Foundation, RHHF, to effectively respond to the flood, was held in Asaba recently.
He said the project aims to sensitize and mobilize various stakeholders and community members on flood preparedness, prevention, mitigation and response as well as support the provision of services/support for victims of the flood incidence through psycho-social and medical assistance in the affected communities.
He said the Project targets four States namely Delta, Kogi, Niger and Anambra states which were the most affected States during the 2018 flood. He said through collaboration with the respective state governments, his organization intends to train select health workers who would in turn step down the training in their respective health facilities and will also embark on a medical outreach to the affected communities in March this year.
He enumerated the challenges that will be faced to include the fact that some communities are hard to reach because of the difficult terrain and there was the issue of late delivery of the Rural Health Kits and expressed optimism that they will certainly succeed.
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