Activities lined up for Bayelsa State Maternal and Child Health Week

The Bayelsa State Government has flagged off the Optimized Maternal New Born and Child Health week (OMNCHW) at the Ompadec Field, Amarata, Yenagoa.

The Programme is to extend the coverage of key maternal and child health interventions to reduce maternal, newborn and under-five mortality across the state.

The overall goal of the OMNCHW is to increase population coverage at low cost and promote utilization of health facilities by pregnant women, encouraging them to have focused antenatal visits.

Activities lined up for the week are:
immunization, deworming of children, distribution of long lasting insecticide treated nets, provision of family planning and birth control information services, provision of women and children access to vitamin A supplementation, provision of iron folate to pregnant women, malaria prevention services among others .