Mrs Soludo Enjoins Ndi Anambra To Access Free Antenatal Care, Delivery Services… 

Anambra Governor’s wife, Nonye Soludo has said that one of the most strategic benefits of the ongoing free antenatal care and delivery services is that their long-term existence will cut down significantly the figures of maternal and infant deaths in the state.

Mrs. Soludo, who stated this in Awka, explained that the expansion of the programme to live through the tenure of the present administration in Anambra State will leave a transformative imprint on the state’s health sector; given that designated health facilities would have been given the boost to work better.

The Governor’s wife said that three hundred and thirty primary health care centres and general hospitals where the services are available have been carefully assessed, while those that have issues of standardization, manpower and logistics are already getting government’s attention.

She also explained that crucial attention has been given to health facilities in rural areas, especially in communities with fewer hospitals, most importantly, those in flood-prone and hard-to-reach areas.

Mrs. Soludo further asked all Anambra households, especially low-income families, to take full advantage of the free antenatal care and delivery services, knowing that the programmes have been introduced in their best interest.

She restated that the programmes are completely free, and urged any woman who is asked to pay for them to report to appropriate channels or to call the numbers on the programme flier.