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Women laud KDSG, UNICEF for improving quality of newborn care in PHCs

By NAN
24 February 2023   |   7:15 am
Some women have commended the Kaduna State Government and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for improving the quality of newborn care in Primary Health Care centres (PHCs) across the state.

28-year-old Fatima Abdullahi is a mother of six.

Some women have commended the Kaduna State Government and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for improving the quality of newborn care in Primary Health Care centres (PHCs) across the state.
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The women, who recently had their babies at the newly-established neonatal corners in some of the PHCs, described the quality of services as “very impressive”.

They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews in Kaduna on Thursday, that the health workers handled their tasks with a high level of professionalism.

One of them, a 28-year-old Fatima Abdullahi, a mother of six, said that the services from the antenatal care up to delivery were quite impressive and comforting.

Abdullahi, who delivered her sixth child at the PHC Badarawa, Kaduna, told NAN that it was her first experience delivering a baby in a health facility.
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“It is quite comfortable delivering in the hospital because of the quality of care and the professionalism of the healthcare workers who cared for me with so much love.

“They made me feel at home, with everyone ready to assist me whenever I needed help. The experience was different from my previous five deliveries at home.

“At home, I lost so much blood; usually accompanied by constant stomach pain. I suffered a lot and am always so weak that sometimes I feel like I will not survive it.

“So, this time, I decided to deliver in the hospital, and I am glad I did, because it is so much better and so assuring,” she said.

On her part, Mrs Sheila Franklin, 35, said her three-day old baby was delivered at the neonatal corner of PHC Sabon Tasha, Kaduna, adding that the quality of services was spectacular.
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“The labour room was so clean and sweet that it didn’t even look like a delivery room. The health workers are mother and baby friendly.

“They treat us with utmost care with no shouting but love. They enlightened me on optimal breastfeeding and the moment I delivered, they took my baby and placed her on my chest to start suckling,” she said.

The midwife at the facility, Mrs Mercy Ibrahim, said she was among the health workers that were trained by UNICEF on neonatal care after the newborn corner was established at the PHCs.

“Before we struggled when handling new babies, but after the training, we learned how to provide adequate care for the child and the mother and support the mother to practice early initiation of breastfeeding,” she said.
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