The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has sent a team of medical professionals to Mokwa to offer healthcare services to pregnant women and children affected by the recent flooding as part of its efforts to assist those who are most in need.
The goal of the intervention, according to Teresa Pamma, UNICEF’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) specialist, is to help children who have been traumatized by the flood.
In order to prevent a disease breakout after the flooding, she continued, the team is on the ground to make sure that impacted residents have access to necessary healthcare services.
In order to guarantee that pregnant women receive the services required to prevent infection and advance maternal health, the medical staff will also provide them extra attention, she said.
Yakubu Garba, the deputy governor of Niger State, had earlier praised UNICEF and other organizations that responded to the flooding catastrophe after touring several resettlement camps in Mokwa town.
“I want to commend you (UNICEF) and other organizations for your interventions and support to our people,” he said on behalf of Farmer Governor Umaru Bago.
“We won’t take this for granted; you were proactive and present on the scene from the moment the incident occurred. We applaud you.
Noting that the majority of them are still traumatized and would require some degree of psychological support and supervision, he also asked UNICEF to exercise patience with the people.
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