1,000 Pregnant Women In Kebbi Get Delivery Kits

• Kebbi First Lady, others celebrate World Polio Day.
• A total of 1000 pregnant woman got  delivery kits.
• Ekohotblog, October 31, 2020

In celebration of World Polio Day, Kebbi First Lady, Dr. Zainab Shinkafi Bagudu, a UICC board director and founder, Medicaid Foundation, distributed delivery kits to 1,000 women at General Hospital Argungu, Kebbi.

Some of the items distributed were pampers diapers and safe birth kits

Advising the women in some safety practices ahead of their delivery, the First lady urged women to always come to hospital for Antenatal Care (ANC).

She said it was only through periodic medical checks and going to ANC that maternal and child complications as well as deaths could be prevented.

READ ALSO: Buhari Bemoans Effect Of Kebbi Flood On Food Production

The pampers donated through an existing MOU with Procter and Gamble under a programme run by the organization known as Rigakafi, and the delivery kits is meant to serve as an incentive to boost antenatal attendance.

A Senior Special Assistant to the Governor and Medicaid Cancer Foundation volunteer, Hajia Maimuna Jega gave the women an awareness talk on cancer. In her presentation, she advised women to be vigilant on signs of breast cancer and cervical cancer.

“My fellow women, you should check your breasts from time to time. If you notice a lump or anything unusual then seek medical assistance,” she said