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…….As 587 Healthcare Centers Provide Services
By Umar Adam Sokoto
The Sokoto State Government has urged media practitioners in the state to redouble their effort toward educating the public on the benefits of family planing for healthier society.
The Director, of Advocacy and Social Mobilisation, Dahiru Kamaru, Sokoto State Primary Health Care Development Agency (SSPHCDA), said there are 587 healthcare Centres providing Child birth spacing services across the Services .
Kamaru explained that media advocacy will assist toward increased awareness, understanding of the process, and accessibility among citizens.
He further stated this during the three – day training for media practitioners organised by Non Governmental Organisation (NGO),The Challenge Initiatives (TCI), in partnership with Development Communications Network (Devcoms), held at Dankani Guest In Sokoto.
In his remark, DevComs lead facilitator, Abdallah El-Kureb said the workshop was meant to equip journalists, synergizes media cordial working relationship to increase access to accurate Family Planning information and services.
He also emphasised on the need for media outfits to provide accurate information that “will encourage couples to go to facilities to obtain Child Spacing counselling and services that are reliable, as against relying on rumours and myths.
On his part, the TCI State Programme Manager, described Child Spacing as an aspect of safe motherhood that significantly reduces maternal death and therefore advised residents to embrace Child Spacing and the benefits derivable from such method.
Also, Dr Shehu Sambo, Director, Primary Health Care noted the feat the State has made in Family Planning.
Sambo who decried the low Contraceptive Prevalence Rate in the State and called on the media to partner in creating awareness towards increasing the CPR.
The participants identified some issues as factors militating against Family planning services which include shortages of child births spacing commodity and limited budgetary allocations.
Participants were trained on the various reports writing skills aimed at to reduce the negative effects of myths and misconceptions among women, as well as reduce the percentage of infants and maternal mortality in the state.
The trainees on Child Birth Spacing and Reproductive Health in Sokoto State have assures to work towards increasing awareness and sensitisation on the benefit of family planning for healthier society.