1,500 women-IDPs gave birth in Borno camps – Official

About 1, 500 women gave birth in 28 internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps in Borno State in 2015, the State Primary Health Care Management Board said, on Sunday, in Maiduguri.

The Executive Secretary of the Board, Dr. Sule Mene, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the deliveries were recorded between January 2015 and January 2016.

He said that about 14,600 pregnant women received anti-natal health care, psycho-social services and child nutrition support.

He said that the agency had also received about 1,200 severe medical cases, which were referred to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH).

The official said the agency had established 20 Integrated Primary Health Care Centres for IDPs in all the camps to provide health care and referral services.

“The Borno State Government has procured health kits for each of the IDPs to help cater for their immediate needs. We have equally distributed mosquito nets to each and every one of them,” Mene said.

According to him, the agency, in collaboration with Federal Road Safety Commission, had trained its drivers to ensure prompt response to expectant mothers to access health facilities. (NAN)