As part of its contributions to support primary health care service delivery in Bayelsa State, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in partnership with the Gavi Vaccine Alliance, yesterday donated three vehicles to the Bayelsa State Primary Health Care Board (BSPHB).
The vehicles are one unit of Innoson five-seater double cabin pick up, one unit of IVM 13-seater bus and one unit of Innoson five-seater double cabin pick up.
At the handing over ceremony of the vehicles to the Bayelsa State Commissioner of Health, Dr Newton Pabara at the UNICEF Port Harcourt Field Office, the Chief of UNICEF Port Harcourt Field Office, Dr Anslem Audu, pointed out that the donation was made possible through GAVI-funded Primary Health Care Memorandum of Understanding between Federal Government of Nigeria/Bayelsa State Government/GAVI/UNICEF.
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He expressed the hope that the donation would aid the supervision and monitoring of PHC programmes, adding that vaccine supply chain systems would be strengthened and enhanced across the eight local government areas of the state.
He said: “The vehicles will also facilitate access to hard-to-reach areas of the state and improve the state’s capacity to deliver quality primary health care services to reach every child with life saving vaccines and other services therefore ensuring every child in Bayelsa State survives and thrives to its full potential.”
In his remarks, the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Health, Dr Newton Pabara accompanied by the Executive Secretary, Bayelsa State Primary Health Care Board, Dr Appah Williams, commended UNICEF and Gavi Vaccine Alliance initiative in supporting various states in improving the health needs of the people.
He said the support of the partners had significantly improved the health indices in Bayelsa State.