From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse
A non governmental organization known as Nutrition International in partnership with Jigawa government through FACE-PAM and SWODEN expanded it’s interventions from three to eight local government areas in the state.
This was announced by the state coordinator Nutrition International Patrick Odeh, while delivering his remarks during a one day planning and quantification meeting on Gender-responsive behavior change interventions project held on Thursday at B Nakowa Guest house in Dutse.
He explained that, initially the interventions on IFA and ANC was carried out at three local government of Dutse, Ringim and Jahun, but now expanded to Kafin Hausa,Taura, Gagarawa, Kiyawa, and Buji local government areas.
“The state government and Nutrition International (NI) after observing increase number of Anti-Natal Care attendance and high level of IFA uptake in the three local government due to their project, now decided to expand the project to reach more five local government areas in the state” he said.
While making her speech, the project officer FACE-PAM Gara Alheri Shiyya said, the project aimed at reducing maternal mortality and morbidity through increase of Anti-natal care attendance and uptake of Iron Folid Acid by pregnant women.
Shiyya who said based on research only 56.2% of Jigawa women have knowledge benefit of IFA, 31% know how to overcome the barriers and 96% of pregnant women attend ANC only once while almost 78% of them took IFA only during the most recent birth.
According to her, the project now started yielding a positive results as by witnessing high uptake of IFA, high turnout for ANC and reduce of maternal mortality and morbidity in the three initial local government.
“The project will now focus more on enlightenment campaign through media to promote the use of Iron Folid Acid among pregnant women, increase knowledge for both pregnant and influencers ( husband, parents, guidance among others) to allow for more ANC attendance.”
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