The wife of Ekiti State Governor, Dr Olayemi Oyebanji, has appealed to nursing mothers to prioritize exclusive breastfeeding for their Newborns as well as making them available for various stages of immunization in the ongoing exercise at different designated centres across the state.
Dr Oyebanji made the appeal at the flag-off of the second round of the year 2024 Maternal Newborn and Child Health MNCH week in Ekiti State.
The governor’s wife stated that the week was aimed at providing effective and quality basic health interventions such as maternal and childhood immunization, and administration of supplements to reduce child mortality.
She said the second round of free Maternal Newborn and Child Health Week, which began last Monday, will run till Friday (today) in all government health facilities and some designated places across the 16 Local Government Areas and the 22 Local Council Development Areas.
The governor’s wife explained that during the exercise, de-worming tablets and vitamin supplements would be administered to children between ages 6 and 59 months, while pregnant women would have access to HIV screening services and medicinal items such as SP Folate and other healthcare commodities.
The flag-off ceremony had in attendance the commissioner for health and human services, Dr Oyebanji Filani, the Head of the Service, Dr Folake Olomojibi, and representatives of the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Education Fund, among others.
