– About 14,600 pregnant women received anti-natal health care, psycho-social services and child nutrition support – About 1,200 severe medical cases which were referred to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital for proper care

Reports have showed that not less than 1,500
women gave birth in Internally Displaced
Persons’ camps in Borno in 2015.
According to the State Primary Health Care
Management Board, about 14,600 pregnant
women received anti-natal health care,
psycho-social services and child nutrition
support.
Executive Secretary of the Board, Dr Sule
Mene, told the News Agency of Nigeria that
the deliveries were recorded between January
2015 and January 2016.
Also recorded was about 1,200 severe
medical cases which were referred to the
University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital for
proper care.
The official said the agency had established
20 Integrated Primary Health Care Centres
for IDPs in all the camps to provide
integrated primary health care and referral
services.
“ The Borno Government has procured health
kits for each of the IDPs to help cater for
their immediate needs.
“We have equally distributed mosquito nets
to each and every one of them,” he said.
Dr Sule Mene said the agency, in
collaboration with Federal Road Safety
Commission, has trained its drivers to ensure
prompt response to expectant mothers to
access health facilities.