UNICEF, GAVI lift Bayelsa health centers with modern medical equipment
The Bayelsa State government has received modern medical equipment and commodities from international health organisations — the Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunisation (GAVI) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
According to GAVI and UNICEF, the donation aimed to strengthen primary healthcare services in the state and improve the healthcare delivery system.
Among the items donated were 100 labour/delivery beds, 20 examination tables, 150 neonatal stethoscopes, 370 vaccine carriers, and various other medical tools.
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Dr. Anslem Audu of the UNICEF Zonal Office, Port Harcourt, representing GAVI and UNICEF, emphasized the critical role of primary healthcare in the state’s development.
He encouraged healthcare workers to properly use and maintain the donated equipment for the benefit of mothers and children.
Audu said the epoch-making ceremony of handover of modern medical equipment and other commodities to the Bayelsa State government was to improve the indices of primary healthcare in the state.