Chioma Umeha
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) based in
Ogun State, Family Health Initiative Ogun (FHIO), has rolled out new plan aimed
at creating enabling environment that will strengthen family planning
programmes in the state.
The NGO’s Chairperson, Mrs. Kemi Balogun, while
speaking at its quarterly meeting, held in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, restated that
the group is committed to facilitating required resources and logistics for the
State, in the provision of qualitative and accessible health care services to
families.
Balogun explained that the advocacy drive of the
organisation targeted at relevant stakeholders for the formulation and
actualisation of policies and programmes that would help to improving health of
children, reproductive health of adolescents, youths and mothers through
effective family planning/childbirth spacing services delivery.
According to her, the group is passionate and
concerned about adequate provision of qualitative and accessible health care
service for the family, particularly the children, adolescent, youths and
mothers.
It will continually advocate to State, Local
Government and development partners and other relevant stakeholders for their
understanding and support in order to boost the Contraceptive Prevalence Rate
(CPR), in the state, she added.
She also said that arrangements have been
concluded to conduct reproductive and sexuality education for adolescents and
youths, to prevent complications and deaths caused as a result of unwanted
pregnancy and other unwarranted reproductive issues.
Balogun commended the efforts of the State
government for creating a budget line for family planning, building capacity
for family planning providers, launch of Family Planning Coasted Implementation
Plan, adopting and domesticating the Task Shifting and Sharing Policy.
She urged members of the organisation to disabuse
people’s mind in their respective areas on the myths and misconceptions on
family planning to justify government huge investment on it.
In her goodwill message, the state Coordinator of
The Change Initiative (TCI), Mrs. Busola Oyeyemi enjoined members of the
organisation not to remain proactive, adding that TCI would continue to provide
necessary support in achieving their goals in order to enhance health indices
of the state.
