Executive Chairman Bauchi State Primary Health Care Board Dr Rilwanu Mohammed.
By Murtala Muhammad
Bauchi State Government has expressed satisfaction that the self-injectable child birth spacing method will reduce side effects linked to various modern contraceptive options used by women.
Executive Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Health Care Board, Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, stated this at the biannual stakeholders’ meeting of Society for Family Health’s Delivering Innovation in Self-Care (DISC) 2.0 Project in Bauchi.
Dr Mohammed described the method as a modern contraceptive that prevents unplanned pregnancies, enabling mothers to rest between births and adequately breastfeed their infants for healthier living.
He explained that the injection is administered quarterly, with the first dose by a trained health worker, while the remaining two are self-administered by the client.
Managing Director of Society for Family Health, Dr Omokhudu Idogho, said DISC 2.0 trained maternal and child health coordinators in empathy-based counselling and provided digital tools for ongoing mentorship.
Represented by National Coordinator, Social Behavioural Change, Michael Titus, Dr Idogho said DISC 2.0 project is gaining ground across twenty implementing local government areas of Bauchi State.
He assured of sustained provision of the commodity to help save more lives, especially among mothers in underserved communities within the state’s health care delivery system.
Dr Idogho appreciated the Bauchi State Government for creating an enabling environment for effective implementation of DISC 2.0 across the local government areas of the state.
Some of the clients who attended the meeting gave testimonies on the self-injectable child spacing method acknowledging its safety and efficiency.
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