The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) is set to give out 160,000 free mosquito nets to pregnant women and nursing mothers in the FCT.
The Executive Secretary of the FCT Primary Health Care Development Board, Dr. Rilwanu Mohammed, made this known recently at the start of the Maternal and Child Health Week at the Gwarinpa General Hospital.
He said the aim of the exercise is to encourage mothers to come forward for intervention in primary health care facilities across the FCT.
Dr. Mohammed noted that most pregnant women in rural areas choose to deliver at home and only go to the hospital when there are complications.
He added that the board has provided six motorcycles for nutrition officers to enable them to access difficult areas and give pregnant mothers vitamin tablets and de-worming drugs.
Also speaking at the launch of the week-long event, The FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed revealed that the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) last year spent N635 million on free antenatal care and medical treatment of children under five.
“For this scheme,” he said, “we have procured and distributed lifesaving drugs like anti-malaria, antibiotics, and oral rehydration salts to 248 health facilities across the six area councils of the FCT.”
He added that modest achievements in the healthcare sector were a mark of his administration’s commitment to improved healthcare delivery.
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