The Taraba state first lady, Barr. Anna Darius, in partnership with adevelopment agencies, Taraba State Primary Health Care Development Agency (TSPHCDA) and Marie Stop International (MSION) have begin sensitization campaign on child spacing among young women in the state.
This is aimed at to address the increase in unintended pregnancies among young girls across communities in the state.
Mrs. Darius, alongside development partners, stormed communities in Bali and Gassol local government areas of the state on Monday with the campaign.
She disclosed that recent research has proven that the unintended pregnant and numerous child birth among young ladies was due to ignorance and lack of knowledge on child spacing.
Mr. Ibrahim Yusuf, who represented (MSION), expressed his organization’s readiness to providing services on reproductive Health and Childbirth Spacing to families across communities in Taraba state and the globe at large.
He said, the organization has trained midwives whom have been mandated with community service on family planning and child birth spacing among young ladies.
According to him, under aged adolescents girls in many communities of Taraba are getting pregnant without orientation on child spacing which his organization has saw wise to collaborate with the first Lady through her pate project ‘Hope Afresh Foundation’ to take services to them.
On his part, Executive Secretary, Taraba State Primary Health Care Development Agency (TSPHCDA), Aminu Hassan explained that the decision to partner with the first Lady’s Hope Afresh Foundation was aimed at creating awareness among mothers on child spacing for a healthy family in the state.
He said the agency was willing to partner with any development agency that is out to better the health of Tarabans.
