A nongovernmental organisation, Alive and Thrive fhi360, which is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF),has declared interest to support Bauchi state government to ensure improvement in nutrition indices for children under the age of five.
The state focal person of the NGO, Asimobi Chidi, stated this while giving goodwill remarks during the flag off of the 2023 Maternal, Newborn and Children Health Week (MNCHW) at the Gida Dubu Primary Health Care facility.
Chidi also said: “We are doing well. We came here to work on improving regular uptake of health interventions and I pray that also, our state indices for nutrition will improve as we are improving in all other areas.”
He called on all mothers to come out to the designated facilities to access the various services in order to give all the necessary support and cooperation for the success of the week- long activity.
“Alive and Thrive fhi360 being one of the development partners in the health sector in Bauchi state, we monitor and follow up to ensure that nutrition indices of the state improves. I want our mothers to please come out en masse and receive all the services that are mapped out for this week, because it is going to benefit us and our children,” he said.
