The Osun State Governor, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola in order to reduce child and mortality rates in Osun Inaugurated the State Emergency Maternal and Child Intervention Centre SEMCHIC and the Community Health Influencers Promoters and Services CHIPS programmes to boost maternal and child health care in the State.
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This was made known to SOJ WORLDWIDE,/http://www.sojworldnews.com in a Press Statement by the Information Officer,
Osun Primary Health Care Development Board, Opeyemi Bello on Wednesday, December 9, 2020
The Governor who was speaking in Osogbo while receiving 315 Solar Direct Drive(SDD) Refrigerators from development partners which include;
National Health Care Development Agency, Global Alliance Vaccine Initiative, UNICEF, among others, said inauguration of the agents was precisely to reduce the menace of child and maternal mortality in the State, adding that the SDD is meant for the preservation of immunized drugs against diseases.
Governor Oyetola, represented at the event by the Deputy Governor, Benedict Alabi,
explained that the newly inaugurated CHIPS agents were saddled with the responsibility of identifying pregnant women and children who are in need of medical care services with referral services to them for adequate attention.
He further said that the initiative would accommodate and provide basic curable services to children under the age of five as well enhance community participation to guarantee maternal and child health as part of intervention of his administration in the heath sector.
The Governor, while highlighting the rationale behind efforts to strengthen the primary health care delivery in the state, said the major focus of such intervention was to tackle child and maternal death headlong.
He added that the State has been able to put the health sector in the right footing through the renovation and equipping 332 primary health care centres across the state as well as adequate motivation of the health personnel for greater productivity.
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”With these efforts, the hitherto decadence in the health sector across the state is speedily becoming a thing of the past.
“Our government is restoring the lost confidence in Primary health care system by the general populace, as 332 PHCs have been renovated by our administration and they are currently in use at the various LGAs .
“The speed at which the works were completed is a proof that our administration is goal-oriented and truly means well to deliver the dividends of democracy to all and sundry”, Oyetola asserted.
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He, however, emphasised the need to galvanize and coordinate the efforts of the government, in order to ensure efficient utilization of resources and maximize coverage with high impact intervention.
The Chairman of Osun State Primary Health Care Board, Hon. Leke Ogunsola, in his welcome address thanked Governor Oyetola for what he described as a revolution in the health sector across the state, noting that the Governor is strictly working in line with his promise to the people of the state.
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