has donated six boat ambulances to the Bayelsa state government to boost immunization coverage and primary healthcare delivery services in the riverine communities of the state.
Ms Munduate noted that the six water ambulances donated by UNICEF and its partners were meant to close up existing gaps in the health sector, as Bayelsa still had about 20,000 children yet to be reached for immunization. The governor decried the present arrangement whereby the UN agency’s programmes are being coordinated in the state through the Rivers State UNICEF field office.
Diri, who disclosed that the government would soon unfold the state’s nutrition policy, promised the UNICEF Country Representative, Ms Cristian Munuate, and her team that the state would make judicious use of the ambulances to realize the purpose for which they were donated.He stated: “Bayelsa is 70 percent riverine. So for us to make effective supervision, for effective health-care delivery to the people, boats are required, and today you have delivered six water ambulances.
“But there is an appeal I want to make here. We have been having issues with the UNICEF Rivers State field office, so we don’t mind, even if it is just one cubicle you created for us as the UNICEF Bayelsa State office. We will be very happy if you can do that for us.”In his welcome address, the Executive Secretary of the Bayelsa Primary Healthcare Board, Dr.
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