Sam Philip
A non-governmental organization, Restoration of the Dignity of Womanhood (ROWDOW) and
Ondo State Primary Health Care Development Agency have concluded the training of health workers in the state on administration of
Vitamin A, Albendazole and Micronutrients to nursing mothers and children.
No fewer than 300 nursing mothers received gifts distributed by the organisers at the event.
Among the gift items distributed are baby diapers, detergents and food items for regularly taking Vitamins supplements.
Mrs. Olabisi Omolona, the Chief Executive Officer of ROWDOW, disclosed her organisation entered into partnership with Vitamin Angels with view to transforming lives of mothers and children through consistent supply of essential nutrients.
She noted that regular supply of the life saving commodities helps strengthen the state’s routine immunization programme besides providing support during maternal, newborn and child health week in the state.
Expressing satisfaction with the results yielded by the partnership, Mrs. Omoolona disclosed that the Vitamin interventions has tremendously helped reduce maternal mortality rates, increased ante natal clinic attendance, decline in reliance on traditional birth attendant and improved local economy from the donated commodities worth millions of naira.
“We started partnering with Vitamins Angels since 2018 and since then they have been supplying us with drugs we gave to children in Ondo State. We have also been training health workers on how to administer the drugs,” Mrs. Omoolona said.
The state Deputy Director, Nutrition, Dr. Adejuwon Kike, emphasised that the training and retraining of health workers were necessary to keep them abreast of new discoveries in the field.
According to her, “It is good to train and retrain because there is always a new thing. There are new things that they don’t know.
“The vitamins helps keep eyesight good and build immunity in children. When a child is deworm the body will be able to develop and the child will grow well.”
In her address, the state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Deaconess Lola Fagbemi, appreciated ROWDOW for the contributions towards ensuring improved maternal and child health in the state.
Represented by Mr. Ibukun Akindele, the commissioner assured the state government remained committed to improved health care for women and children.
A representative of Vitamin Angels, Oluwatoyin Adebayor, explained that the supply of Vitamin A supplement and deworming tablets commodities and Multiple Micronutrients supplements was aimed at improving maternal health outcome and nutrition outcome for children